Sedentary

Sedentary (sedentary)
a.	(?)
Sed"entary
[L. sedentarius, fr. sedere to sit: cf. F. seédentaire. See Sedent.]

Accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man.

"Sedentary, scholastic sophists." Bp. Warburton.

Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a sedentary life.

Any education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect. Beaconsfield.

Inactive; motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil.

[R.] "The sedentary earth." Milton.

The soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss, sedentary nature. Spectator.

Caused by long sitting.

[Obs.] "Sedentary numbness." Milton.

Remaining in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.

Sedentary spider (Zoöl.), one of a tribe of spiders which rest motionless until their prey is caught in their web.

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