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An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: Comprehending ...
SLOTH Lprob.of Sla'S, Sax.] unwilling, idleness, laziness, dronishness.
SLOTHFUL lq. d. &la""g£iil, i. e. full of unwillingness] idle, dronith, lazy.
SLOTHFULLY [of fta^/ullic, Sax. or Jlap, Sax slow] dronishiy, 8»s.
SLCTHFULNESS Lof Sla^jCull- ...
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Dictionarium Britannicum: Or, A More Compleat Universal ...
SLOTH [Hieroglyplm] was represented by a tortoise, because itis osa nature very
lazy, and slow in its march. SLOTH [os SlaY Sex] idleness, lazinesi, dronishness.
SLOssTHI-"UL sq. d. Slafipul, i. t. sull of unwillingness or rlap, Sax. slow] idle, ...
Nathan Bailey, George Gordon, Philip Miller,
1736
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Dictionarium Britannicum: Or a More Compleat Universal ...
SLOT ofa Den- [os floor, Du.] the view or print os a stag's foot in the ground.
SLOTH [Hzeragljph] was represented by a tortoise, because i'is of a nature very
lazy, and slow in its march. SLOTH [of SlaY Sex] idleness, laziness, dronishness.
Nathan Bailey, Thomas Lediard, Philip Miller,
1736
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The Time of the End; Being a Series of Lectures on ...
... also acquire new rights and privileges, as well as undertake new duties—this
desire, I say, shall be disregarded by these monarchs, who shall encourage the
fruitless dronishness of pretended celibacy, and by fostering institutions, intended
, ...
William Anthony HOLMES,
1833
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The Visitor: Or, Monthly Instructor
The notes are pretty when touched by a native ; but there is a wild and
melancholy dronishness about them, which, when heard amid the rural retreats
of a Chinese, might make an imaginative person think, that he was suddenly
carried back ...
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Thesaurus of English Words: So Classified and Arranged as to ...
... languor, torpor, listlessness, remissness, want of occupation. Dilatoriness,
procrastination, 133, relaxation, dronishness, tru- antship, lagging, dawdling, rust,
rustiness. somnolence, drowsiness, doziness, nodding, oscitation, sleepiness.
Peter Mark Roget, Barnas Sears,
1854
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Resolution, or, The depth of woman's love
I feel so sad when I reflect on the sluggishness of many who possess influence
and talent ; surely God must be displeased at this dronishness, this
misappropriation of gifts which he has ungrudgingly bestowed ; and perhaps He
will withdraw ...
S. L. Couperthwaite,
1865
responsibility is no child's play; nor is the slumber like the snoring dronishness
which drowns the senses in forgetfulness after a day of idleness or monotonous
labour at the desk, and a heavy feed. The cabin mattress is hard, and therefore ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch,
1869
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine
He was not here satisfied to read in lazy dronishness the lectures prepared for
his Edinburgh classes ; on the contrary, he devoted himself with zeal and industry
to form and settle a definite and connected theory of all the branches of polite ...
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An Universal Etymological Dictionary
N. C. ,SLOTH [probably of schlnosz, Tent. negligent, or of our Sin-w] Idieness.
SLOTHFUL, lazy, dronishpidle. SLOTEIJFULLY, lazily. SLOTI-PFULNESS,
Idleness, Laziness, Dronishness. v , A SLOTTERN ssioddt, or sinken, A
SLATTERN 'Du.