slothen

present singular third person slothens · participle present slothening · participle past slothened · past slothened

1. ambitransitiverareTo make or be slothful.

   Nothing (besides Frank Silva) gave this overweight slothened teenager more heebies jeebies in the early 90s like UM.

   2007, Thighs Wide Shut

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   I have asked several old Suffolkers the meaning of this expression as used of Suffolk Fairs, and am told that a "Dardee" is a "man that slothens about," i.e., a thriftless vagrant.

   1910, The East Anglian

   I was a laggard this morning, did not rise until 8 o'clock then was slothened for some hours - had some company but got my book and read for several hours.

   1999, Ansearchin' News - Volumes 46-48, page 25

comparative more slothen · superlative most slothen

1. rareCharacterised by sloth; lazy.

   Yet, there are some Lying lazy and slothen, Some in their mansion, Others in deep depression.

   2002, Keśarī Nātha Tripāṭhī, The Images, page 62

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   For how slight and worthless may we justly deem this slothen and counterfeit Glory, wherewith poor, beggarly Art, with so much Cost and Labour, […]

   1930, Antonio Pastor, The Idea of Robinson Crusoe, volume 1, page 221

   Whether leisure takes on “kamikaze" or “slothen” proportions for the individual may not seem to be the rightful concern of helping professionals.

   1984, E. Thomas Dowd, Leisure Counseling: Concepts and Applications, page 28

   […] slothen behemoth rotund belly protruding drunken and glass eyed lost in the fantasy of its future.

   2003, Jeff Jacobs, Swallowing Infinity, page 30

   While popular notions of Black English and Chinese (including pidgin English) may at first appear as polar opposites (cultural deficiency vs. excess), both were ultimately construed as signs of slothen incompetence.

   2005, Valerie Kinloch, Margret Grebowicz, Still Seeking an Attitude, page 225