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slothfulness|ˈsləʊθfʊlnɪs|
Also 6 slought-, 6–7 slouth-, sloath-.
[f. slothful a. + -ness.]
The state or character of being slothful; sluggishness, laziness.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 131 All slouthfulnes, all negligence. 1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 55 Inexcusable slothfulnesse and negligence. 1638Junius Paint. Ancients 24 Such occasions as may serve for an excuse of slouthfulnesse. 1689tr. Buchanan's De Jure Regni apud Scotos 61 [They] prefer a quiet sloathfulness to honest hazards. 1736Ainsworth i. s.v., The refusing of labour is a proof of slothfulness and laziness. 1878Spurgeon Treas. David cviii. Introd., To use the same words continually..would show great slothfulness. |