sluggard, slug
(noun) an idle slothful person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sluggard (plural sluggards)
A person who is lazy, stupid, or idle by habit.
A person slow to begin necessary work, a slothful person.
A fearful or cowardly person, a poltroon.
• See also idler
Source: Wiktionary
Slug"gard, n. Etym: [Slug + -ard.]
Definition: A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; considered her ways, and be wise. Prov. vi. 6.
Slug"gard, a.
Definition: Sluggish; lazy. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
