n. [ Slug + -ard. ] A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone. [ 1913 Webster ]
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Prov. vi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Sluggish; lazy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make lazy. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. sloggardye. ] The state of being a sluggard; sluggishness; sloth. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]
Idleness is rotten sluggardy. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]