I. ˈsləgə(r)d noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English sluggart, slogard, probably from sluggy, sloggy sluggish, lazy (probably of Scandinavian origin) + -art, -ard -ard; akin to Swedish dialect slugga to walk sluggishly — more at slug
: an habitually lazy idle and inactive person
go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise — Prov. 6:6 (Authorized Version)
forecast a nation of sluggards — Irwin Edman
II. adjective
: having the characteristics of a sluggard
the people … depose the sluggard king — J.G.Frazer