sluggard

[ sluhg-erd ]

/ ˈslʌg ərd /

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noun

a person who is habitually inactive or lazy.

adjective

lazy; sluggardly.

Nearby words

slue, sluff, slug, slugabed, slugfest, sluggard, sluggardly, slugger, slugging average, sluggish, sluice

Origin of sluggard

First recorded in 1350–1400, sluggard is from the Middle English word slogarde. See slug¹, -ard

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Examples from the Web for sluggard

These Maruts stir up even the sluggard, even the vagrant, as the gods pleased.
Sacred Books of the East|Various
Do you see that sluggard, wasting this beautiful day in a lazy brouette?
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867|Various
He sleeps, but it is only in due time and measure, and is not to be confounded with the sluggard's slumbers.
Talks To Farmers|Charles Haddon Spurgeon
I will not, like a sluggard, wear out my youth in idleness at home.
Tales from Shakespeare|Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb

He, being no sluggard, had built a house for himself, to which he at once took his bride.
The Settlers|William H. G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for sluggard

sluggard

/ (ˈslʌɡəd) /

noun

a person who is habitually indolent

adjective

lazy

Derived Forms

sluggardly, adjectivesluggardliness, nounsluggardness, noun

Word Origin for sluggard

C14 slogarde; related to slug 1

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