sluggardize en · VERB
Etymology
From sluggard + -ize.
Meanings
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(archaic, rare, transitive) To make lazy.
living dully sluggardized at home
c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sluggardizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sluggardizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sluggardized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sluggardized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |