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Sluggard

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.
  2. 2
    an idle slothful person wordnet
  3. 3
    A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person.
  4. 4
    A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon.

Etymology

From Middle English slogarde, probably ultimately of Old Norse origin. Equivalent to slug + -ard (“pejorative agent suffix”).

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