/slawth/ or, esp. for 2, /slohth/ , n.
1. habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
2. any of several slow-moving, arboreal, tropical American edentates of the family Bradypodidae, having a long, coarse, grayish-brown coat often of a greenish cast caused by algae, and long, hooklike claws used in gripping tree branches while hanging or moving along in a habitual upside-down position.
3. a pack or group of bears.
[ 1125-75; ME slowth (see SLOW, -TH 1 ); r. OE slaewth, deriv. of slaew, var. of slaw slow ]
Syn. 1. shiftlessness, idleness, slackness.