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sluggard
[ sluhg-erd ]
noun
- a person who is habitually inactive or lazy.
adjective
- lazy; sluggardly.
sluggard
/ ˈslʌɡəd /
noun
- a person who is habitually indolent
adjective
- lazy
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Derived Forms
- ˈsluggardly, adjective
- ˈsluggardliness, noun
- ˈsluggardness, noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sluggard1
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Example Sentences
These Maruts stir up even the sluggard, even the vagrant, as the gods pleased.
They say that life among artists is rather swift, and I don't think your husband can be called a sluggard.
If you would know a sluggard in the things of heaven, compare him with one that is slothful in the things of this world.
Besides, she had never been so busy before in all her life, and Ruth Fielding was no sluggard.
The soul of the sluggard desireth and hath nothing; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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