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Definition of Sluggard

Sluggard
Sluggard Slug"gard, n. [Slug + -ard.] A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. --Prov. vi. 6.
Sluggard
Sluggard Slug"gard, a. Sluggish; lazy. --Dryden.

Meaning of Sluggard from wikipedia

- A sluggard waker was an 18th-century job undertaken by a parishioner (usually the parish clerk), in British churches. The sole task of the sluggard waker...
- The Sluggard may refer to: a bronze statue of Giuseppe Valona, by Lord Frederic Leighton a moralistic poem by Isaac Watts: see wikisource:The Sluggard (Watts)...
- Rudolph III (French: Rodolphe, German: Rudolf; c. 970 – 6 September 1032), called the Idle or the Pious, was the king of Burgundy from 993 until his death...
- "The Aunt and the Sluggard" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published...
- something that had been polled (similar to the formation of "drunkard" and "sluggard"); for example, a hornless ox or polled livestock. Later, the noun "pollard"...
- Vulgate, Proverbs 6:6. The full quotation translates as "Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!" vade me**** go with me A vade-me**** or...
- ****isted Leighton with a second full-size male nude sculpture, his The Sluggard (1885), sometimes titled An Athlete Awakening from Sleep. The inspiration...
- Louis V (c. 966 or 967 – 22 May 987), also known as Louis the Do-Nothing (French: Louis le Fainéant), was a king of West Francia from 979 (co-reigning...
- Stammerer King of Aquitaine 888–890 Vacant Title next held by Louis the Sluggard Vacant Title last held by Ranulf I Duke of Aquitaine 887–888 Succeeded by...
- the "monkey mind" state (overwhelmed with thoughts). Jikijitsu Shippei Sluggard waker – a similar custom and tool used in 18th century British churches...