See also: slóð

English [ edit ]

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A sloth (2)

Alternative forms [ edit ]

sloath slowth ( obsolete )

Etymology [ edit ]

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

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Noun [ edit ]

sloth (countable and uncountable, plural sloths)

Usage notes [ edit ]

Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.

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Verb [ edit ]

sloth (third-person singular simple present sloths, present participle slothing, simple past and past participle slothed)

( obsolete , intransitive , transitive ) To be idle; to idle (away time). (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?) 1676 , John Bunyan, The Strait Gate, or, Great Difficulty of Going to Heaven , London: Francis Smith, p. 69, [1] [ … ] the most of professors are for imbezzeling, mispending and slothing away their time, their talents, their opportunities to do good in [ … ]

, John Bunyan, , London: Francis Smith, p. 69, 1677, Hannah Woolley, The Compleat Servant-Maid, London: T. Passinger, p. 2,[2] 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.

Further reading [ edit ]

sloth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. sloth in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.