sluggish
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sluggish
- /ˈslʌɡɪʃ/
- [ˈslʌɡɪʃ]
Rhymes with -ʌɡɪʃ
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English slug
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -isch
English -ish
English sluggish
From slug + -ish.
adjective sluggisher · more sluggish · sluggishest · most sluggish
- Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive a sluggish man
- Slow; having little motion. Vp thou tame River, vvake; / And from the liquid limbes this ſlumber ſhake: / Thou drovvn'st thy ſelfe in inofficious ſleepe; / And theſe thy ſluggiſh vvaters ſeeme to creepe, / Rather than flovv.
- Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert. Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself.
- Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
- Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow, or subnormal growth. Inflation has been rising despite a sluggish economy.
