a habitually lazy or idle person
Origin of sluggard
Middle English slogarde from sluggen, to be lazy, go slowly, probably from Scand, as in Swedish dialect, dialectal slogga, to be slow: see slug and -ard lazy or idle
also slug′gardly
Origin of sluggard
Middle English slogarde from sluggen, to be lazy, go slowly, probably from Scand, as in Swedish dialect, dialectal slogga, to be slow: see slug and -ard
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adjective
Origin of sluggard
Middle English sluggart probably from sluggi lazy probably of Scandinavian originRelated Forms:
adjective
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(plural sluggards)
From Middle English slogarde, probably ultimately of Old Norse origin. See slug, -ard.
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