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slothlike

adj

Etymology

From sloth + -like.

  1. inherited from *slaiwiþō✻ — “slowness, lateness”
  2. inherited from *slaiwiþu✻
  3. inherited from slǣwþ
  4. inherited from slouthe
  5. suffixed as slothlike — “sloth + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a sloth, especially in being slow and sluggish.

    • But the mere mention of the mapinguary, the giant slothlike monster of the Amazon, is enough to send shivers down the spines of almost all who dwell in the world’s largest rain forest.

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