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sluggard
English
Etymology
From Middle English slogarde, probably ultimately of Old Norse origin. Equivalent to slug +? -ard (“pejorative agent suffix”).
Noun
sluggard (plural sluggards)
- A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.
- A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person.
- A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:idler
Related terms
- lug
- slug
- sluggish
Translations
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sluggish
English
Etymology
slug +? -ish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sl????/
Adjective
sluggish (comparative sluggisher or more sluggish, superlative sluggishest or most sluggish)
- Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lazy
- c. 1874, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ovid in Exile
- And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect.
- Slow; having little motion.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:slow
- Antonym: nimble
- 1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, At Sunset Time
- We float upon a sluggish stream,
- We ride no rapids mad,
- While life is all a tempered dream
- And every joy half sad.
- Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert.
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies
- Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself.
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies
- Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid
- Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
Derived terms
Translations
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