Sedentary: adj.and n. (word coming from the Latin sedentarius, from sedere “to be seated”).
The word “sedentary” has several meanings:
1. Which takes place, takes place in the same place; which does not entail any displacement (speaking of an occupation).
Life, sedentary work.
Quote from the Genevan writer and philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): “Sedentary and homelike profession, which effeminates and softens”.
2. Who rarely leaves his home (homebody; familiar: couch potato).
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