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slug⋅gard

  [sluhg-erd]
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–noun
1. a person who is habitually inactive or lazy.
–adjective
2. lazy; sluggardly.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME slogarde. See slug 1 , -ard
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slug·gard   (slŭg'ərd)   
n.  A slothful person; an idler.
adj.  Lazy.

[Middle English sluggart, probably from sluggi, lazy, probably of Scandinavian origin.]
slug'gard·ly adj.
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Word Origin & History

sluggard 
c.1386 (implied in sluggardly), from M.E. sluggi "sluggish, indolent," probably from a Scand. word, cf. dialectal Norw. and Sw. slugga "be sluggish," dialectal Norw. sluggje "heavy, slow person."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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