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Webster 1913 Edition

Sluggard

Slug′gard

,

Noun.

[

Slug

+

-ard

.]

A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone.

Go to the ant, thou

sluggard

; consider her ways, and be wise.

Prov. vi. 6.

Slug′gard

,

Adj.

Sluggish; lazy.

Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sluggard

SLUG'GARD

,

Noun.

[from slug and ard, slow kind.] A person habitually lazy, idle and inactive; a drone.

SLUG'GARD

,

Adj.

Sluggish; lazy.

Definition 2024

sluggard

sluggard

English

Noun

sluggard ‎(plural sluggards)

A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.
A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person.
A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon.

Synonyms

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Translations

lazy or idle person

Afrikaans: luiaard
Chinese:
Mandarin: 懶漢 (zh), 懒汉 (zh) ‎(lǎnhàn), 懶人 (zh), 懒人 (zh) ‎(lǎnrén), 懶骨頭 (zh), 懒骨头 (zh) ‎(lǎngǔtou)
Czech: lenoch m
Dutch: luiaard (nl)
Ewe: kuviatɔ
Finnish: etana (fi), laiskuri (fi), laiskimus (fi), velttoilija
French: fainéant (fr) m, fainéante (fr) f, flemmard (fr) m, flemmarde (fr) f
Greek: τεμπέλης (el) m ‎(tempélis)

Icelandic: letingi (is) m, letiblóð (is) n, iðjuleysingi m
Italian: pigro (it) m, inattivo (it) m, indolente (it) m, poltrone (it) m, lavativo (it), flemmatico (it), tardo (it) m
Macedonian: мрзливец m ‎(m'rzlivec), мрзливка f ‎(m'rzlivka)
Maori: inukorokoro, pirorehe
Persian: لتنبر ‎(latanbar)
Polish: leń (pl) m
Portuguese: molenga (pt) 2 gên., moleirão (pt) m
Russian: безде́льник (ru) m ‎(bezdélʹnik) (bezdel'nik)
Telugu: సోమరిపోతు (te) ‎(sōmaripōtu)
Turkish: miskin (tr), tembel (tr)