sloth
English
/sləʊθ/, /slɔθ/, /slɑθ/, /slɒθ/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
- (countable) A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
- (rare) A collective term for a group of bears.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English slouthe inherited from Old English slǣwþ (indolence, sloth, laziness, inertness, torpor) inherited from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (slowness, lateness) suffix from English slow.
Origin
English
slow
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bitchslut English
- buttslut English
- cover-slut English
- cumslut English
- cuntslut English
- cyberslut English
- footslut English
- forsloth English
- forslow English
- fuckslut English
- manslut English
- out-slut English
- overslow English
- painslut English
- slothful English
- slothfully English
- slothfulness English
- slothlike English
- slothy English
- slow English
- slow-burning English
- slow-paced English
- slowass English
- slowback English
- slowball English
- slowcoach English
- slowcore English
- slowen English
- sloweth English
- slowfooted English
- slowish English
- slowly English
- slown English
- slowness English
- slowpitch English
- slowplay English
- slowpoke English
- slowsome English
- slowth English
- slut English
- slut-cover English
- slutbag English
- slutbitch English
- slutdom English
- slutface English
- sluthead English
- sluthood English
- slutlike English
- slutness English
- sluttery English
- sluttification English
- sluttify English
- sluttish English
- slutty English
- slutwad English
- slutwaffle English
- slutwalk English
- slutwear English
- slutwhore English
- superslow English
- superslut English
- ultraslow English
- unslothful English
- slowen Dutch, Flemish
- slow French
- *slaiwiþō Proto-Germanic
- slæwþ Old English
- slǣwþ Old English
- slouthe Middle English
- slow Middle English
- slutte Middle English
- สลอธ Thai
- slothi Swahili
- slut
- slow
- slown
- slothy
- slowen
- slutty
- slowth
- slowly
- sloweth
- slutdom
- cumslut
- slutbag
- slutwad
- manslut
- forslow
- slowish
- slowass
- out-slut
- slowsome
- buttslut
- sluthood
- slowness
- sluttish
- sluttify
- overslow
- slowball
- slutwear
- forsloth
- cuntslut
- slothful
- slutness
- painslut
- slutwalk
- footslut
- slowback
- sluthead
- slowplay
- slutface
- sluttery
- slowcore
- slutlike
- fuckslut
- slowpoke
- slutbitch
- slowpitch
- slowcoach
- superslow
- slutwhore
- bitchslut
- ultraslow
- cyberslut
- superslut
- slothlike
- unslothful
- slowfooted
- cover-slut
- slow-paced
- slut-cover
- slutwaffle
- slothfully
- slothfulness
- slow-burning
- sluttification