dolce far niente

Borrowed from Italian dolce far niente (literally “sweet doing nothing, sweet idleness”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɒltʃeɪ ˌfɑː nɪˈɛnteɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌdoʊltʃeɪ ˌfɑɹ niˈɛnteɪ/, /ˌdoʊltʃi ˌfɑɹ niˈɛnti/
• Rhymes: -ɛnti
• Hyphenation: dol‧ce far nien‧te

dolce far niente (uncountable)

1. Sheer indulgent relaxation and blissful laziness, the enjoyment of idleness.
   • 1882, W.S. Gilbert, Iolanthe

     This gentleman is seen, / With a maid of seventeeen, / A-taking of his dolce far niente; / And wonders he'd achieve, / For he asks us to believe / She's his mother—and he's nearly five-and-twenty!

• dolce vita

Literally “sweet doing nothing, sweet idleness”.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdol.tʃe far ˈnjɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte

dolce far niente m (uncountable)

1. dolce far niente (enjoyment of idleness)

   Hypernym: ozio

• dolce vita