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sluggard

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slug·gard  (slgrd)
n.
A slothful person; an idler.
adj.
Lazy.
[Middle English sluggart, probably from sluggi, lazy, probably of Scandinavian origin.]
sluggard·ly adj.
sluggard [ˈslʌgəd]
n
a person who is habitually indolent
adj
lazy
[C14 slogarde; related to slug1]
sluggardly  adj
sluggardliness  n
sluggardness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sluggard - an idle slothful person
slug
do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"
Translations
sluggard [ˈslʌgəd] N → haragán/ana m/f
sluggard
n → Faulpelz m


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Then I should have chosen a career for myself, I should have been a sluggard and a glutton, not a simple one, but, for instance, one with sympathies for everything sublime and beautiful.
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
`Stand up and repeat "'TIS THE VOICE OF THE SLUGGARD,"' said the Gryphon.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Carroll, Lewis View in context
At this the marksman seized his gun, took aim, and fired in the direction of the world's end, in order to awaken the sluggard.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
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