English Explanatory Dictionary

slowth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of sloth (“slowness, slothfulness”).
noun
  1. Slow economic growth.
noun
  1. The state or condition of being slow; slowness.

Pronunciation

/sləʊθ/ /slɔθ/ /sloʊθ/

Word forms

slowth

Etymology

From Middle English slouthe, slewthe, from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th. Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).

Related words

sloth
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