sluggardliness

sluggardliness
sluggˈardliness noun
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Main Entry:slug

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  • sluggardly — sluggardliness, n. /slug euhrd lee/, adj. like or befitting a sluggard; slothful; lazy. [1860 65; SLUGGARD + LY] * * * …   Universalium

  • sluggard — noun a lazy, sluggish person. Derivatives sluggardliness noun sluggardly adjective Origin ME: from the rare verb slug be lazy or slow + ard …   English new terms dictionary

  • indolence — n laziness, idleness, otiosity, otioseness, faindance, faineancy, shiftlessness; procrastination, dilatoriness, slothfulness, sluggardliness, laggardness; slowness, slow motion, heaviness, loginess, sluggishness, lethargy, slackness, languidness …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • lassitude — n 1. languor, languidness, lethargy, sluggishness, loginess, heaviness, slow motion, slowness; drowsiness, sleepiness, soporiferousness, oscitance, oscitancy; stagnation, stagnancy, stagnance, inaction, inactivity, inactiveness, inexertion,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • sluggard — n. a lazy sluggish person. Derivatives: sluggardly adv. sluggardliness n. Etymology: ME f. slug (v.) be slothful (prob. f. Scand.: cf. SLUG(1)) + ARD …   Useful english dictionary

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