Definition of sloth

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Sloth (n.) Slowness; tardiness.

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Do-nothingness :: Do-nothingness (n.) Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness.
Mylodon :: Mylodon (n.) An extinct genus of large slothlike American edentates, allied to Megatherium..
Megatherium :: Megatherium (n.) An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America..
Slewth :: Slewth (n.) Sloth; idleness.
Lazy :: Lazy (superl.) Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream..
Edentata :: Edentata (n. pl.) An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking..
Koala :: Koala (n.) A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, native bear, and native sloth..
Idle :: Idle (superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow..
Forslack :: Forslack (v. t.) To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.
Industry :: Industry (n.) Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them..
Industrious :: Industrious (a.) Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor..
Sloth :: Sloth (n.) Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness.
Sloth :: Sloth (n.) Slowness; tardiness.
Laze :: Laze (v. t.) To waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; as, to laze away whole days..
Indulge :: Indulge (v. t.) to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;.
Sloth :: Sloth (v. i.) To be idle.
Accidie :: Accidie (n.) Sloth; torpor.
Sloth :: Sloth (n.) Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico..
Losel :: Losel (a.) Wasteful; slothful.
Tardigrada :: Tardigrada (a.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3..
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