sloth

sloth
sloth late 12c., "indolence, sluggishness," formed from M.E. slou, slowe (see SLOW (Cf. slow)); replacing O.E. slæwð. Sense of "slowness, tardiness" is from mid-14c. As one of the deadly sins, it translates L. accidia. The slow-moving mammal first so called 1610s, a translation of Port. preguiça, from L. pigritia "laziness" (Cf. Sp. perezosa "slothful," also "the sloth").

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