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sloth

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/sləʊθ/
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/sləʊθ/ · /slɒθ/ · /slɔθ/ · /slɑθ/

Definition of sloth

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
    “Who having ſpilt much blood, and don much waſte / Subduing Nations, and achievd thereby / Fame in the World, high titles, and rich prey, / Shall change thir courſe to pleaſure, eaſe, and ſloth, / Surfet, and luſt, till wantonneſs and pride / Raiſe out of friendſhip hoſtil deeds in Peace.”
    “Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears.”
    “Mr. Elliot's frank statement that "sloth and untidiness are indefensible" is a sign that the task will be tackled with vigour.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable)Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
    “Who having ſpilt much blood, and don much waſte / Subduing Nations, and achievd thereby / Fame in the World, high titles, and rich prey, / Shall change thir courſe to pleaſure, eaſe, and ſloth, / Surfet, and luſt, till wantonneſs and pride / Raiſe out of friendſhip hoſtil deeds in Peace.”
    “Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears.”
    “Mr. Elliot's frank statement that "sloth and untidiness are indefensible" is a sign that the task will be tackled with vigour.”
  2. (countable, especially, uncountable)Any animal in the suborder Folivora.
  3. (countable, uncountable)Any animal in the suborder Folivora.
  4. (collective, countable, rare)A group of bears.

verb

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive)To be idle; to idle (away time).
    “[…] the most of professors are for imbezzeling, mispending and slothing away their time, their talents, their opportunities to do good in […]”
    “That you endeavour carefully to please your Lady, Master or Mistress, be faithful, diligent and submissive to them, encline not to sloth or laze in bed, but rise early in a morning.”

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Etymology

From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).

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