SLOTH


Meaning of SLOTH in English

/ sləʊθ; NAmE sloʊθ/ noun

1.

[ C ] a S American animal that lives in trees and moves very slowly

2.

[ U ] ( formal ) the bad habit of being lazy and unwilling to work

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WORD ORIGIN

Old English : from slow + -th .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.