sluggard noun3 •A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.He tooke his rouse with stopes of Rhennish wine / So kindly yesternight to Bruno's health, / That all this day the sluggard kéepes his bed. — 1589 •A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person. •A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon. formssluggards
