sluggard (noun)

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• sluggard — ► NOUN ▪ a lazy, sluggish person. DERIVATIVES sluggardly adjective. ORIGIN from rare or obsolete slug «be lazy or slow» …   English terms dictionary

• sluggard — noun a lazy, sluggish person. Derivatives sluggardliness noun sluggardly adjective Origin ME: from the rare verb slug be lazy or slow + ard …   English new terms dictionary

• sluggard — noun a) A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit. b) A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person. See Also: lug, slug, sluggish …   Wiktionary

• sluggard — I. noun Etymology: Middle English sluggart Date: 14th century a habitually lazy person II. adjective Date: 1557 sluggardly • sluggardness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sluggard — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun A self indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity: bum1, drone1, faineant, good for nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, ne er do well, no good, slugabed, wastrel. Informal: do little, do… …   English dictionary for students

• sluggard — /ˈslʌgəd / (say sluguhd) noun 1. someone who is habitually inactive or slothful. –adjective 2. sluggardly. {Middle English slogard(e), from obsolete sluggy sluggish + ard} …  

• sluggardly — sluggard ► NOUN ▪ a lazy, sluggish person. DERIVATIVES sluggardly adjective. ORIGIN from rare or obsolete slug «be lazy or slow» …   English terms dictionary

• sluggardness — noun ( es) Etymology: Middle English slogardnes, from slogard sluggard + nes ness : the quality or state of being a sluggard : lazy inactivity : indolence …   Useful english dictionary

• slugabed — noun Date: 1592 a person who stays in bed after the usual or proper time to get up; broadly sluggard …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sluggardness — noun see sluggard II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• slowcoach — noun a person who moves slowly. Hey you slowcoaches in the back! Get a move on! Syn: plod, sluggard, slowpoke …   Wiktionary