sloth

Definitions


[sləʊθ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- reluctance to work or make an effort; laziness
(e.g: he should overcome his natural sloth and complacency)

- a slow-moving tropical American mammal that hangs upside down from the branches of trees using its long limbs and hooked claws

- a group of bears
(e.g: the pair had been attacked by a sloth of bears)


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Origin:
Middle English (as slauðe): from slow + -th, replacing Old English slæwð




definition by Oxford Dictionaries