AIMLESS, AIMLESSLY, AIMLESSNESS
ADJECTIVES
1792 — PAIDLING aimless, feckless → Sc.
1813 — PAUPING aimless, idle, vagrant, wandering → Sc. obs.
1816 — PALMERING aimless, vagrant, idle → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1828 — PATTERIN’ walking or working aimlessly, trifling, pottering → Sc.
1835 — THAVELESS aimless, ineffectual; listless, spiritless, wanting in energy or force → Ireland
1835 — THIEVELESS aimless, ineffectual; listless, spiritless, wanting in energy or force → Sc.
1850 — PANDERING aimless, trifling → Sc.
ADVERBS
1890 — THIEVELESSLY aimlessly, feebly, weakly, without force or energy → Sc.
NOUNS
1884 — PANDERING aimlessness, idling → Sc.
NOUNS, PERSON
1889 — HANGER-AROUND an aimless person, a loiterer → sl.
1900 — GADLING an aimless, idle person; an idler, a loiterer → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1929 — HANG-AROUND an aimless person, an idler, a loafer, a loiterer → sl.
VERBS
1475 — DOTTER to walk or move aimlessly or slowly; to potter → chiefly Sc.
1640 — FRIBBLE to act aimlessly or feebly, to busy oneself to no purpose; to fuss about; later, to behave frivolously, to trifle
1701 — VAGE to roam aimlessly; to wander about idly; to gad about → Sc.
1747 — MAZLE to wander aimlessly about; to trifle; to do anything unskilfully → Eng. dial.
1758 — MUZZ to loiter or hang about aimlessly → sl., obs.
..19C — MADDLE ALONG to move aimlessly about, to potter → Eng. dial.
..19C — TAFFLE to move aimlessly → Eng. dial.
1804 — HAINGLE to wander aimlessly; to go about in a feeble, languid way; to hang about, to loiter → Sc.
1808 — TAVER to roam aimlessly or idly; to dally, to trifle, to waste time → Sc.
1819 — MAUNDER to wander about in an aimless, confused, or melancholy fashion → Eng. dial.
1822 — GANNER to wander about aimlessly or in the foolish-looking manner of a gander → Sc.
1845 — PROJECT to wander about, to walk about aimlessly, to go prying about, to prowl, to forage → Amer. dial.
1851 — LOP ABOUT → LOP AROUND → LOP ROUND to move aimlessly or slowly; to loll; to idle → Amer. dial.
1856 — MUCK ABOUT → MUCK AROUND to behave aimlessly or foolishly
1863 — GAMMOCK to walk about aimlessly; to potter → Eng. dial.
1869 — JUNE to be aimless or restless; to wander around → Amer. dial.
1878 — AWM → HAWM to move about aimlessly, to loiter, to lounge → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1879 — MULL to proceed in an aimless or lazy; to dawdle, to loaf; to move sluggishly → Amer. dial.
1883 — BROGUE to wander or go about aimlessly → Amer. dial.
1884 — MONKEY AROUND to behave aimlessly or mischievously → Amer. colloq.
1888 — HACK OFF to go about aimlessly looking for distraction; to gad or fool about; to waste time → US sl.
1889 — MONKEY ABOUT to behave aimlessly or mischievously
1890 — MOG → MOG ALONG to move aimlessly or slowly; to trudge; to go → Amer. sl.
1892 — MOGLE to move aimlessly or slowly → Amer. dial.
1892 — POLE to move aimlessly, slowly, or leisurely; to saunter, to amble → Amer. dial.
1904 — REEL-RALL to walk in an aimless, disorderly fashion → Sc. (Bk.)
1904 — SAIG to walk aimlessly or slowly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 — LEPP to move about aimlessly, slowly, or sluggishly; to saunter; to hang around → Sc.
1910 — FART ABOUT to behave aimlessly or foolishly → sl.
1912 — BUGALUG to move about in an aimless way → Amer. dial.
1928 — BAT AROUND to live aimlessly; to loaf or idle → US sl.
1931 — FART AROUND to behave aimlessly or foolishly → sl.
1933 — PALLALL to stroll around in an aimless way, to drift about, to saunter, to prowl → Sc.
1935 — CRAP AROUND to behave aimlessly or foolishly → US sl.
1937 — DOSS to pass time aimlessly or idly; to fool about, to mess around → Brit. colloq.
1938 — POODLE to move or travel in an aimless, leisurely, or indirect → colloq.
1960 — ARSLE → ASSLE to be aimless and lazy; to idle about restlessly → Amer. dial.
1961 — PISS ABOUT to behave aimlessly or foolishly → sl.
1961 — PLAY SILLY BLEEDERS to behave aimlessly or foolishly → sl.
1961 — PLAY SILLY Bs to behave aimlessly or foolishly → sl.
1961 — PLAY SILLY BUGGERS to behave aimlessly or foolishly → sl.
1966 — AUGER → AUGER AROUND to go about aimlessly → Amer. dial.
1966 — EYEBALL to go about aimlessly looking for distraction → Amer. dial.
1966 — JELLY → JELLY AROUND to go about aimlessly, with nothing to do → Amer. dial.
1966 — MELL ALONG to go about aimlessly → Amer. dial.
1968 — GOGGLE to go about aimlessly looking for distraction → Amer. dial.
1968 — MEDDLE AROUND to go about aimlessly looking for distraction → Amer. dial.
1969 — FANNY ABOUT → FANNY AROUND to act aimlessly; to waste time → sl.
1975 — POLE IT to move aimlessly, slowly, or in a leisurely manner; to saunter, to amble → Amer. dial.
1999 — ROAM AROUND LIKE A LOST SHEEP to wander aimlessly → Aust. sl. (Bk.)