sloth
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Is sloth a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.Examples: "Who having ſpilt much blood, and don much waſte / Subduing Nations, and achievd thereby / Fame in the World, high titles, and rich prey, / Shall change thir courſe to pleaſure, eaſe, and ſloth, / Surfet, and luſt, till wantonneſs and pride / Raiſe out of friendſhip hoſtil deeds in Peace."; "Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears."; "Mr. Elliot's frank statement that "sloth and untidiness are indefensible" is a sign that the task will be tackled with vigour."uncountable
2. (countable) Any animal in the suborder Folivora.countableespeciallyuncountable
3. (countable) Any animal in the suborder Folivora.countableuncountable
4. (collective, rare, countable) A group of bears.collectivecountablerare
verb (English)
1. (obsolete, intransitive, transitive) To be idle; to idle (away time).Examples: "[…] the most of professors are for imbezzeling, mispending and slothing away their time, their talents, their opportunities to do good in […]"; "That you endeavour carefully to please your Lady, Master or Mistress, be faithful, diligent and submissive to them, encline not to sloth or laze in bed, but rise early in a morning."intransitiveobsoletetransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary