Sluggishness
41slow — [OE] The etymological notion underlying slow is ‘dullness, sluggishness’; ‘lack of speed’ is a secondary development. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *slæwaz, which also produced Swedish slö and Danish sløv ‘dull, blunt’. The… …
42sluggish — [[t]slʌ̱gɪʃ[/t]] ADJ GRADED You can describe something as sluggish if it moves, works, or reacts much slower than you would like or is normal. The economy remains sluggish... Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands. ...the …
43lethargy — lethargy, languor, lassitude, stupor, torpor, torpidity are comparable when meaning physical and mental inertness. Lethargy implies a state marked by an aversion to activity which may be constitutional but is typically induced by disease, extreme …
44phlegm — [[t]flɛm[/t]] n. 1) pat the thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged through the mouth, esp. that occurring in the lungs and throat passages, as during a cold 2) one of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval… …
45phlegm — /flɛm / (say flem) noun 1. Physiology the thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged by coughing, etc., especially that occurring in the lungs and throat passages during a cold, etc. 2. (in old physiology) that one of the… …
46νωθρεία — νωθρείᾱ , νωθρεία sluggishness fem nom/voc/acc dual νωθρείᾱ , νωθρεία sluggishness fem nom/voc sg (attic doric aeolic) …
47νωθρείας — νωθρείᾱς , νωθρεία sluggishness fem acc pl νωθρείᾱς , νωθρεία sluggishness fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) …
48slow — [OE] The etymological notion underlying slow is ‘dullness, sluggishness’; ‘lack of speed’ is a secondary development. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *slæwaz, which also produced Swedish slö and Danish sløv ‘dull, blunt’. The… …
49phlegm — [flem] n. [ME fleume < MFr < LL phlegma, clammy humor of the body < Gr, inflammation, hence, humors caused by inflammation < phlegein, to burn: for IE base see BLACK] 1. the thick, stringy mucus secreted by the mucous glands of the… …
50Arctopitheus ai — Sloth Sloth, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl?w?, fr. sl[=a]w slow. See {Slow}.] 1. Slowness; tardiness. [1913 Webster] These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Disinclination to… …
