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slugabed

noun
/ˈslʌɡəbɛd/UK/ˈslʌɡəˌbɛd/US

Etymology

From slug (“(obsolete) to move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle”) + abed (“in bed”).

  1. derived from on — “in”
  2. inherited from abedde
  3. compounded as slugabed — “slug + abed”

Definitions

  1. A lazy person who lies in bed after the usual time for getting up

    A lazy person who lies in bed after the usual time for getting up; a sluggard.

    • Why Lambe, why Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / Why Loue I ſay, Madam, ſweeteheart, why Bride: / What not a word, you take your penniworths now, / Sleepe for a weeke, […]
    • Get up, get up for shame, the blooming morne / Upon her wings presents the god unshorne. / See how Aurora throwes her faire / Fresh-quilted colours through the aire; / Get up, sweet slug-a-bed, and see / The dew bespangling herbe and tree.
    • [O]n rising one morning, I entered the cabin, and found Oriana, as usual, up before me, for I always was a sad slug-a-bed, […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA