fixe n. (pl. Idees fixes pronunc. Same) dominating idea; obsession. [french, = fixed idea]

n.pl. Day of the ancient roman month (the 15th day of march, may, july, and october, the 13th of other months). [latin idus]

—adj. (idler, idlest) 1 lazy, indolent.

- not in use; not working.

- (of time etc.) Unoccupied.

- purposeless; groundless (idle rumour).

- useless, ineffective (idle protest). —v. (-ling) 1 be idle.

- run (an engine) or (of an engine) be run slowly without doing any work.

- (foll. By away) pass (time etc.) In idleness. idleness n. Idler n. Idly adv. [old english]

n. - image of a deity etc. As an object of worship.

- object of excessive or supreme adulation. [greek eidolon image, phantom]

adj. (-ier, -iest) colloq. Uncertain; dubious.

var. Of *ibo.

var. Of *icon.

n. (pl. -es) 1 tree or shrub of the genus including the common holly.

- holm-oak. [latin]

n. - leader of prayers in a mosque.

- title of various muslim leaders. [arabic]

n. Member of a people of peru before the spanish conquest. [quechua, = lord]