What does "slugabed" mean?

A lazy person who lies in bed after the usual time for getting up; a sluggard.

What is a synonym for "slugabed"?

Common synonyms include: lie-abed, bum, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, do nothing.

Slugabed

//ˈslʌɡəbɛd// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
A lazy person who lies in bed after the usual time for getting up; a sluggard.
"Why Lambe, why Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / Why Loue I ſay, Madam, ſweeteheart, why Bride: / What not a word, you take your penniworths now, / Sleepe for a weeke, […]"
2
a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour wordnet

Synonyms

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lie-abed bum couch potato dawdler deadbeat do nothing

Antonyms

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doer

Example

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"Why Lambe, why Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / Why Loue I ſay, Madam, ſweeteheart, why Bride: / What not a word, you take your penniworths now, / Sleepe for a weeke, […]"

Etymology

From slug (“(obsolete) to move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle”) + abed (“in bed”).

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