Sedentary
Sedentary , adjective
[Latin sedentarius, from sedere to sit: compare French seédentaire. See Sedent.]
1.
Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man.
Sedentary, scholastic sophists.
2.
Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life.
Any education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect.
3.
Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil. [Rare]
The sedentary earth.
The soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss, sedentary nature.
4.
Caused by long sitting. [Obsolete]
Sedentary numbness.
5.
(Zoology) Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.
Collocations (1)
Sedentary spider (Zoology) , one of a tribe of spiders which rest motionless until their prey is caught in their web.