sloth

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  1. Middle English slowth, from slow, slow; see slow.

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  1. Early modern English also sloath, slowth; from Middle English slouhthe, slouthe, sleuth, sleuthe, slewthe; with abstract formative -th, from Anglo-Saxon slāw, slow (cf. slǣw, sloth): see slow, adjective Sloth stands for slowth, as troth for trowth. Cf. blowth, growth, lowth.
  2. from Middle English slewthen, from slewthe, sloth: see sloth, n.

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  1. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl&unr_;w&unr_;, fr. slāw slow. See Slow.]

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