† slugginessn.
Obsolete. rare.
Sluggishness, slothfulness.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun]
slacknessc1000
hoolinessa1340
latesomeness1357
slothc1380
lateshipc1390
slownessa1398
lateliness?c1400
sluggednessc1425
slugginessc1450
sluggishnessc1450
tardityc1450
lenta1500
ignavy1543
retardance1550
lingering1570
tardiness1608
lentitude1623
languidness1634
tediousness1691
lentora1763
slow-coaching1837
snailishness1905
the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > tardiness or sluggishness
hoolinessa1340
latesomeness1357
slothc1380
lateshipc1390
lateliness?c1400
sluggednessc1425
slugginessc1450
sluggishnessc1450
tardityc1450
ignavy1543
tardiness1608
lentitude1623
languidness1634
tediousness1691
lentora1763
tarditude1794
laggardness1869
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness
slowness1357
sluggednessc1425
slugginessc1450
sluggishnessc1450
slowfulness1483
dullness1526
dumpishness1574
lumpishness1574
slow-coaching1837
logginess1924
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 114 Ȝif it be omytted for heuynes & sluggynesse.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 111 He was wery for trauayle, &, for sluggynes & slewthe, thouȝte to haue esyd hym wyth schortere travayle.
1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie P j b Let this persuade you to cast off your slugginesse.
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