Sloth Definition

slôth, slŏth, slōth
sloths
noun
sloths
Disinclination to work or exert oneself; indolence; laziness; idleness.
Webster's New World
Slowness; delay.
Webster's New World
Any of a family (Bradypodidae) of slow-moving, tree-dwelling edentate mammals of tropical Central and South America that hang, back down, from branches and feed on fruits and vegetation, including a three-toed species (genus Bradypus) and a two-toed species (genus Choloepus)
Webster's New World
A group of bears.
American Heritage
Any of various families of extinct, ground-dwelling edentate mammals.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb

(obsolete, intransitive) To be idle.

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Other Word Forms of Sloth

Noun

Singular:
sloth
Plural:
sloths

Origin of Sloth

  • From Middle English slouthe, slewthe, from Old English slÇ£wþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor"), from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness"), equivalent to slow +"Ž -th. Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English slowth from slow slow slow

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sloth Sentence Examples

  • The sloth (Bradypus) is an arboreal animal which feeds almost exclusively on the foliage of the Cecropias.

  • Lord, he thought, listening to Fred was like watching a sloth race.

  • The population made a considerable advance, and the dense cloud of sloth and ignorance which had settled on the country in the 17th century was lifted.

  • He did, however, succeed in undoing all the work of his ancestors5 partly by his own slackness and sloth, partly by his choice of corrupt and treacherous ministers.

  • Though generally nearly smooth, or but slightly scaly, the surface of some hairs is imbricated; that is to say, shows projecting scale-like processes, as in some bats, while in the twotoed sloth (Choloepus) they are longitudinally grooved or fluted.

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