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Sedentary Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Sedentary has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a sedentary person

Adjective
1

requiring sitting or little activity

"forced by illness to lead a sedentary life"

2

Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.

See Also
feather duster worm sedentism sedentarily see semisedentary sit sedentarian phototaxic
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Origin

The word comes from the Latin sedentarius, meaning "sitting," which is derived from the verb sedeō ("I sit"). It entered English via Middle French.

Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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