sluggard

slug·gard

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

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sluggard

noun

A slothful person; an idler.

adjective

Lazy.

Origin of sluggard

Middle English sluggart probably from sluggi lazy probably of Scandinavian origin

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slug′gard·ly
adjective

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Noun

(plural sluggards)

A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.
A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person.
A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon.

Origin

From Middle English slogarde, probably ultimately of Old Norse origin. See slug, -ard.

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Another statue, "The Sluggard," of equal merit, was exhibited in 1886; and a charming statuette of a nude figure of a girl looking over her shoulder at a frog, called "Needless Alarms," was completed in the same year, and presented by the artist to Sir John Millais in acknowledgment of the gift by the latter of his picture, "Shelling Peas."

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