What does sluggard mean?
Definitions for sluggard
ˈslʌg ərdslug·gard
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word sluggard.
Princeton's WordNet
sluggard, slugnoun
an idle slothful person
Wiktionary
sluggardnoun
A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.
sluggardnoun
A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person.
sluggardnoun
A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sluggardnoun
An idler; a drone; an inactive lazy fellow.
Etymology: from slug.
Cry mercy, lords, and watchful gentlemen,
That you have ta’en a tardy sluggard here. William Shakespeare, R. III.Up, up, says avarice; thou snor’st again,
Stretchest thy limbs, and yawn’st, but all in vain:
The tyrant lucre no denial takes;
At his command th’ unwilling sluggard wakes. Dryden.Sprightly May commands our youth to keep
The vigils of her night, and breaks their sluggard sleep. Dry.
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sluggard
A sluggard is a person who is habitually lazy, inactive, or slow-moving. They often avoid work or making an effort, preferring idleness instead. The term is generally used in a negative context, indicating disapproval of this lack of motivation or action.
Webster Dictionary
Sluggardnoun
a person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone
Sluggardadjective
sluggish; lazy
Etymology: [Slug + -ard.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sluggard in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sluggard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of sluggard in a Sentence
Go to the ant, thou sluggard, learn to live, and by her busy ways, reform thine own.
I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book a year, because the writer is soothed by the opiate of action, the crank by posing as a good journalist, and having an air hole. I dislike it. I do it and I am always resolving to give it up.
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- lenochCzech
- kuviatɔEwe
- ακαμάτηςGreek
- velttoilija, laiskimus, laiskuri, etanaFinnish
- flemmarde, fainéante, flemmard, fainéantFrench
- lavativo, tardo, inattivo, poltrone, pigro, flemmatico, indolenteItalian
- inukorokoroMāori
- мрзливка, мрзливецMacedonian
- leńPolish
- moleirão, molengaPortuguese
- бездельникRussian
- slSwedish
- సోమరిపోతుTelugu
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