sedentary

SED'ENTARY, a. [L. sedentarius, from sedens, sedeo, to sit.]

1. Accustomed to sit much, or to pass most of the time in a sitting posture; as a sedentary man. Students, taylors and women are sedentary persons.

2. Requiring much sitting; as a sedentary occupation or employment.

3. Passed for the most part in sitting; as a sedentary life.

4. Inactive; motionless; sluggish; as the sedentary earth.

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