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Grammar : Noun
Spell : sluhg-erd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈslʌg ərd



Définition of sluggard

Origin :
  • late 14c., late 13c. as a surname, "habitually lazy person," from Middle English sluggi "sluggish, indolent," probably from a Scandinavian word; cf. dialectal Norwegian slugga "be sluggish," dialectal Norwegian sluggje "heavy, slow person," dialectal Swedish slogga "to be slow or sluggish." Adjective sluggy is attested in English from early 13c.
  • 'Tis the voice of a sluggard -- I heard him complain:"You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber again."[Isaac Watts, 1674-1748]'Tis the voice of the Lobster: I heard him declare"You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair."["Lewis Carroll" (Charles L. Dodgson), 1832-1898]
  • As an adjective meaning "sluggish, lazy" from 1590s. Related: Sluggardly.
  • noun lazy person
Example sentences :
  • "The day is young, but I'm no sluggard, you know," said the lawyer.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
  • Extract from : « The Biglow Papers » by James Russell Lowell
  • The fans who watch the game of life despise the sluggard in the strife.
  • Extract from : « Rippling Rhymes » by Walt Mason
  • To escape this fault, a man must be either a saint or a sluggard.
  • Extract from : « Impressions of South Africa » by James Bryce
  • I will not, like a sluggard, wear out my youth in idleness at home.
  • Extract from : « Tales from Shakespeare » by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb
  • I knew him for a sluggard in the morning; but, as it drew on toward noon, I lost my patience.
  • Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
  • We are told to go to the ant—at least the sluggard is—but for what?
  • Extract from : « Science and Morals and Other Essays » by Bertram Coghill Alan Windle
  • No sluggard, be it known, can hope to catch grasshoppers with any degree of success.
  • Extract from : « 'Me-Smith' » by Caroline Lockhart
  • While he had stood there a dolt and sluggard, she had satisfied her curiosity and stolen away.
  • Extract from : « A Drift from Redwood Camp » by Bret Harte
  • As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.
  • Extract from : « Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature » by Various

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