sluggishnessn.

/ˈslʌɡɪʃnɪs/

Etymology: formed as sluggish adj. + -ness suffix.

The character or quality of being sluggish, torpid, or slow:

a. Of persons (or animals).

ΘΚΠ

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 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 20 A monk..tempyd with sleuthe & slugisnes.

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. xviii O þe sluggussnes & þe negligence of oure tyme, þat we..are wery to lyue for sluggussnes and werynes!

1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 48 b Sluggyshenes dulleth the body.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 2^v We loose the healthfullest and sweetest time with sluggishnesse.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 160 Hay, whereof they make little for sluggishnesse.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 41 Nor can this be called slothfulnesse or sluggishnesse in them,..but a decay of their spirits.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 127 Thanks to the cold sluggishness of our national character, we still bear the stamp of our forefathers.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 187 The time was one neither of sluggishness nor of performance, but of active and earnest preparation.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 156 The first symptom manifested is sluggishness, as shown by a disposition to be quiet.

personif.a1610 J. Healey tr. Cebes' Table in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 129 To defie desperation the daughter of sluggishnesse.

b. Of things, their motion, etc.

ΚΠ

1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. i. §66. 135 Lest this Motion should languish by degrees on the account of the sluggishness of Matter.

1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 525 The part [has] put on that degree of sluggishness and livid hue, as to require a very different mode of treatment.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiv. 322 The sluggishness of the compass..in the Arctic seas.

1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight ii. 24 A sluggishness in the flow of the blood.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	sluggishness
释义	sluggishnessn. /ˈslʌɡɪʃnɪs/ Etymology: formed as sluggish adj. + -ness suffix. The character or quality of being sluggish, torpid, or slow: a. Of persons (or animals). ΘΚΠ 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 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 20 A monk..tempyd with sleuthe & slugisnes. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. xviii O þe sluggussnes & þe negligence of oure tyme, þat we..are wery to lyue for sluggussnes and werynes! 1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 48 b Sluggyshenes dulleth the body. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 2^v We loose the healthfullest and sweetest time with sluggishnesse. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 160 Hay, whereof they make little for sluggishnesse. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 41 Nor can this be called slothfulnesse or sluggishnesse in them,..but a decay of their spirits. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 127 Thanks to the cold sluggishness of our national character, we still bear the stamp of our forefathers. View more context for this quotation 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 187 The time was one neither of sluggishness nor of performance, but of active and earnest preparation. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 156 The first symptom manifested is sluggishness, as shown by a disposition to be quiet. personif.a1610 J. Healey tr. Cebes' Table in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 129 To defie desperation the daughter of sluggishnesse. b. Of things, their motion, etc. ΚΠ 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. i. §66. 135 Lest this Motion should languish by degrees on the account of the sluggishness of Matter. 1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 525 The part [has] put on that degree of sluggishness and livid hue, as to require a very different mode of treatment. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiv. 322 The sluggishness of the compass..in the Arctic seas. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight ii. 24 A sluggishness in the flow of the blood. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.c1450
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