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slothful, a. (and n.)|ˈsləʊθfʊl|
Forms: α. 5 slouthe-, 5–7 slouth-, 6 slought-; 5 slowt-, 6 slowth-. β. 6 slothe-, 6– sloth-, 7–8 sloath-. Also 5–7 -full.
[f. sloth n.1 Cf. sleuthful a.]
1. Of persons, etc.: Full of sloth; indisposed to exertion; inactive, indolent, lazy, sluggish.
αc1400Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton, 1483) iii. viii. 55 Sloutheful haue they ben aboute theyr owne hele. 1484Caxton Fables of æsop v. xiii, I am so slouthfull that I maye not ete. 1552Latimer Serm. Lord's Prayer vii. 56 God tempteth us for exercyse sake, that we should not be slouthfull. 1582N.T. (Rhem.) Matt. xxv. 26 Naughtie and sloughtful servant. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. vi. 18 The slouthfull waue of that great griesly lake.
β1530Palsgr. 324/2 Slowe or slothfull, lente, tardif. 1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 194 Least the residue shulde waxe slothefull with Idlenes. 1606Dekker Seven Sins iv. (Arb.) 33 Hee is the true Slothfull man that does no good. 1656Stanley Hist. Philos. III. ii. 119 Admit not a sloathfull person unto your doctrines. 1717Pope Iliad x. 74 Still, with your Voice, the sloathful Soldiers raise. 1752Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 290 A nation..cannot maintain..its fleets and armies from the industry of such slothful members. 1828Scott F.M. Perth viii, You shall not find Patrick Charteris slothful in a matter of this importance. 1876B. Martin Messiah's Kingd. vi. ii. 301 The church has been slothful.
b. absol. (chiefly as pl.).
1630B. Jonson Disc. Wks. (Rtldg.) 752/2 He is grown to active men an example, to the slothful a spur. 1678Bunyan Pilgr. Introd., It will make the sloathful active be. 1781Scot. Paraphrases xii. v, Ye indolent and slothful rise.
c. As n. A lazy person, a sluggard.
1648Herrick Hesp., Dissw. fr. Idlenesse, Toiles, or Manicles Set on purpose to enthrall Men, but Slothfulls most of all.
2. Of habits, etc.: Characterized by sloth or disinclination to exertion.
c1400Pol., Rel., & L.P. (1866) 5 Fy on slowtfull contenewaunce. 1539Act 31 Hen. VIII, c. 9 The slouthfull and ungodly lief wch hathe bene used emonges all those sorte wch have borne the name of religious folke. 1587Mirr. Mag., Mempricius vi. 1 Then wickedly I fell to slouthfull ease. a1700Evelyn Diary 29 Mar. 1689, The slothfull, sickly temper of the new King. 1808Scott Marm. v. iv, His peaceful day was slothful ease. 1846McCulloch Acc. Brit. Emp. (1854) I. 303 They have also been obliged to lay aside their slothful habits. |