sluggard

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

sluggard (plural sluggards)

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:idler

Related terms

• lug
• slug
• sluggish

Translations

lazy or idle person

• Afrikaans: luiaard
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 懶漢 (zh), 懒汉 (zh) (lǎnhàn), 懶人 (zh), 懒人 (zh) (lǎnrén), 懶骨頭 (zh), 懒骨头 (zh) (lǎngǔtou)

• Czech: lenoch m
• Dutch: luiaard (nl)
• Ewe: kuviatɔ
• Finnish: etana (fi), laiskuri (fi), laiskimus (fi), velttoilija
• French: fainéant (fr) m, fainéante (fr) f, flemmard (fr) m, flemmarde (fr) f
• Galician: lacazán (gl) m, nugallán (gl) m, preguiceiro (gl) m
• German: Faulpelz (de) m, Nichtstuer m
• Greek: τεμπέλης (el) m (tempélis)
• Icelandic: letingi (is) m, letiblóð (is) n, iðjuleysingi m

• Italian: pigro (it) m, inattivo (it) m, indolente (it) m, poltrone (it) m, lavativo (it), flemmatico (it), tardo (it) m
• Macedonian: мрзливец m (m'rzlivec), мрзливка f (m'rzlivka)
• Maori: inukorokoro, pirorehe
• Persian: لتنبر‎ (latanbar)
• Polish: leń (pl) m
• Portuguese: molenga (pt) 2 gên., moleirão (pt) m
• Russian: безде́льник (ru) m (bezdélʹnik) (bezdel'nik)
• Spanish: remolón (es)
• Telugu: సోమరి (te) (sōmari)
• Turkish: miskin (tr), tembel (tr)