Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of a sluggard; sloth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being a sluggard; sluggishness; sloth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being a
sluggard ;sluggishness ;sloth .
Etymologies
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Old English sloggardye.
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Examples
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WYAT says -- "Arise, for shame; do away your _sluggardy. _"
The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire James Jennings
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In the great conflict of ages, the long strife between right and wrong, between progress and sluggardy, through the providence of God we are placed in the vanguard.
Gala-days Gail Hamilton 1864
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But muche more shameful is theyr sluggardy, whyche not onely bryng not vp their chyldrẽ aright, but also corrupte them to wyckednesse.
The Education of Children Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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