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Definition of Sluggard
1. Noun. An idle slothful person.
Generic synonyms: Bum, Do-nothing, Idler, Layabout, Loafer
Derivative terms: Slug, Slug
Definition of Sluggard
1. n. A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone.
2. a. Sluggish; lazy.
Definition of Sluggard
1. Noun. A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit. ¹
2. Noun. A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person. ¹
3. Noun. A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sluggard
1. an habitually lazy person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sluggard
Literary usage of Sluggard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"It was winter, and there was a hard frost; moreover, the sluggard did not feel
at all inclined ... The sluggard seized him by the fins and pulled him out. ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"L TUB sluggard. You have wak'd me too soon, ... if we went to their school, There
's many a sluggard, and many a fool, THESE emmets how little they are in ..."
3. Introduction to the English Reader: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and by Lindley Murray, Israel Alger (1823)
"The sluggard. 2." A little more sleep, and a little more slumber;" Thus he wastes
half his days, and his hours without number. And when he gets up, ..."
4. Illustrations of the Book of Proverbs by William Arnot (1861)
"The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest,
... Short and sure is the process by which the sluggard's sin finds the ..."
5. Twelve sermons by William Cobbett (1823)
"Oo to the Ant. thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be " wise ; which, ...
How long wilt thou sleep, O, sluggard ? When wilt " thou arise out of thy sleep ..."
6. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I hear him complain, " You have waked me too
soon, I must slumber ... What better is the house for a sluggard rising early ? ..."
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