sluggard
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sluggard
Where it comes from
From Middle English slogarde, probably ultimately of Old Norse origin. Equivalent to slug + -ard (“pejorative agent suffix”).
noun sluggards
- A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit. He tooke his rouſe with ſtopes of Rhenniſh wine / So kindly yeſternight to Bruno's health, / That all this day the ſluggard kéepes his bed.
- A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person. But while these sluggards slept on, on dry land, snoring peacefully beside their owners, the oldest boat was up at the crack as old folk often are, and was therefore the first craft to move across the unfrozen lake.
- A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon.
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noun lazy or idle person
| Español | remolón |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 懶漢 /懒汉 lǎnhàn, 懶人 /懒人 lǎnrén, 懶骨頭 /懒骨头 lǎngǔtou |
| Português | molenga, moleirão |
| Français | fainéant, fainéante, flemmard, flemmarde |
| Deutsch | Faulpelz, Nichtstuer |
| Italiano | pigro, inattivo, indolente, poltrone, lavativo, flemmatico |
| Ελληνικά | τεμπέλης tempélis |
| Русский | безде́льник bezdélʹnik |
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title = {sluggard},
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