sloth
noun/sləʊθ/
/sləʊθ/
- [countable] an animal that lives in trees in tropical parts of America and moves very slowlyTopics Animalsc2
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- [uncountable] (formal) the bad habit of being lazy and unwilling to workTopics Personal qualitiesc2
Word OriginOld English: from slow + -th.
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