Synonyms for sluggard

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sluhg-erd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈslʌg ərd

Définition of sluggard

Origin : late 14c., late 13c. as a surname, "habitually lazy person," from Middle English sluggi "sluggish, indolent," probably from a Scandinavian word; cf. dialectal Norwegian slugga "be sluggish," dialectal Norwegian sluggje "heavy, slow person," dialectal Swedish slogga "to be slow or sluggish." Adjective sluggy is attested in English from early 13c.
'Tis the voice of a sluggard -- I heard him complain:"You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber again."[Isaac Watts, 1674-1748]'Tis the voice of the Lobster: I heard him declare"You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair."["Lewis Carroll" (Charles L. Dodgson), 1832-1898]
As an adjective meaning "sluggish, lazy" from 1590s. Related: Sluggardly.

noun lazy person

Example sentences :

"The day is young, but I'm no sluggard, you know," said the lawyer.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
Extract from : « The Biglow Papers » by James Russell Lowell

The fans who watch the game of life despise the sluggard in the strife.
Extract from : « Rippling Rhymes » by Walt Mason

To escape this fault, a man must be either a saint or a sluggard.
Extract from : « Impressions of South Africa » by James Bryce

I will not, like a sluggard, wear out my youth in idleness at home.
Extract from : « Tales from Shakespeare » by Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb

I knew him for a sluggard in the morning; but, as it drew on toward noon, I lost my patience.
Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various

We are told to go to the ant—at least the sluggard is—but for what?
Extract from : « Science and Morals and Other Essays » by Bertram Coghill Alan Windle

No sluggard, be it known, can hope to catch grasshoppers with any degree of success.
Extract from : « 'Me-Smith' » by Caroline Lockhart

While he had stood there a dolt and sluggard, she had satisfied her curiosity and stolen away.
Extract from : « A Drift from Redwood Camp » by Bret Harte

As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.
Extract from : « Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature » by Various

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