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Sloth vs Forslowth - What's the difference?

sloth | forslowth |

As verbs the difference between sloth and forslowth

is that sloth is (obsolete|intransitive) to be idle while forslowth is (obsolete) to lose by sloth or negligence.

As a noun sloth

is (uncountable) laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.

sloth

English

(wikipedia sloth)

Alternative forms

* sloath, slowth (obsolete)

Noun

  • (uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
  • * Milton
  • [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and sloth .
  • * Franklin
  • Sloth , like rust, consumes faster than labour wears.
  • (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.
  • Usage notes

    Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.

    Derived terms

    * forsloth * Australian sloth * native sloth * sloth animalcule * sloth bear * slothful * sloth monkey

    Hyponyms

    * (animal) two-toed sloth

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To be idle.
  • (Gower)

    Anagrams

    * English calques

    forslowth

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To lose by sloth or negligence.