sluggard

(slugərd)

noun

a habitually lazy or idle person

Origin: 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

See sluggard in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A slothful person; an idler.
adjective
Lazy.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English sluggart

Origin: , probably from sluggi, lazy

Origin: , probably of Scandinavian origin

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Related Forms:

  • slugˈgard·ly adjective

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