Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin. Vitamin D, or the sunshine vitamin, is actually a hormone produced by the skin. It plays a part in bone health and can be a determinant factor in developing many diseases because of its role in inflammation.
Word Origin & History. empty O.E. Ã¦mettig at leisure, not occupied, unmarried, from Ã¦metta leisure, from Ã¦ not + -metta, from motan to have (see might). The -p- is a euphonic insertion. Sense evolution from at leisure to empty is paralleled in several languages, cf. The adj. adeios must have been applied first to persons who enjoyed freedom from duties, leisure, and so were unoccupied, whence it was extended to objects that were unoccupied [Buck].
Related words. 1  idle verb. 2  bone idle adjective. 3  idle away phrasal verb. 4  idle time noun. 5  the idle rich phrase. 6  it would be idle to do something phrase. 7  the devil makes/finds work for idle hands phrase. 8  stand empty/idle. 9  an idle/empty threat. 10  idle curiosity.he thesaurus of synonyms and related words is fully integrated into the dictionary. Click on the thesaurus category heading under the button in an entry to see the synonyms and related words for that meaning.