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sluggard definition

slug·gard (slug′ərd)

noun

a habitually lazy or idle person

Etymology: ME slogarde < sluggen, to be lazy, go slowly, prob. < Scand, as in Swed dial. slogga, to be slow: see slug & -ard

adjective

lazy or idle
also sluggardly slug′·gardly

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