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adjective Etymology: Middle French sedentaire, from Latin sedentarius, from sedent-, sedens, present participle of sedere to sit — more at sit Date: 1598 1. not migratory ; settled ~ birds ~ civilizations 2. a. doing or requiring much sitting a ~ job b. not physically active a ~ lifestyle 3. permanently attached ~ barnacles ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 sitting (a sedentary posture). 2 (of work etc.) characterized by much sitting and little physical exercise. 3 (of a person) spending much time seated. 4 Zool. not migratory, free-swimming, etc. Derivatives sedentarily adv. sedentariness n. Etymology: F s{eacute}dentaire or L sedentarius f. sedere sit ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ adj formal 1 a sedentary job is done while sitting down, and without moving around very much 2 a sedentary group of people tend always to live in the same place; settled (a sedentary population) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1598, from L. sedentarius "sitting, remaining in one place," from sedens (gen. sedentis), prp. of sedere "to sit." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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