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Definition: Slothfulness |
SlothfulnessNoun1. A disinclination to work or exert yourself. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "slothfulness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references) |
Synonym: SlothfulnessSynonym: sloth (n). (additional references) |
| "Slothfulness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Slothfulness" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
slothfulness | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "slothfulness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | paresse (sloth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Faulheit (idleness, laziness, sloth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tunyaság (accidie, enervation, inactivity, indolence, inertia, languidity, laziness, torpidity), restség (languidity, sloth), lustaság (accidie, laziness, sloth, slowness), lomhaság (sloth, sluggishness), henyeség (sloth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | indolenza (idleness, indolence, laziness, sloth, slowness, sluggishness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | soaillaght (idleness, indolence, sumpuousness), litcherys (idleness, indolence, inertia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | othfulnessslay медлительность (heaviness, tardiness). (various references) leisg (a. better : leasg, indolence, laziness, sloth). (various references) pereza (laziness, shiftlessness, sloth, sluggishness). (various references) tính uể oải (sluggishness), tính lười biếng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pigredo. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 19, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Deilia katecei androgunaion yuch de aergou peinasei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Pigredo inmittit soporem et anima dissoluta esuriet |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Slouthe sendeth in slep; and a dissolut soule shal hungre. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 19, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang katapol makapahinanok sa halalum nga pagkatulog; Ug ang tapolan nga kalag magaantus sa kagutom. |
| Croatian | Lijenost navlaèi èovjeku dubok san i nemarna duša gladuje. |
| Danish | Dovenskab sænker i Dvale, den lade Sjæl må sulte. |
| Dutch | Luiheid doet in diepen slaap vallen; en een bedriegelijke ziel zal hongeren. |
| Finnish | Laiskuus vaivuttaa sikeään uneen, ja veltto joutuu näkemään nälkää. |
| French | La paresse fait tomber dans l`assoupissement, Et l`âme nonchalante éprouve la faim. |
| German | Faulheit bringt Schlafen, und eine lässige Seele wird Hunger leiden. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Parès fè je ou toujou lou. Moun ki rete san fè anyen ap rete grangou. |
| Hungarian | A restség álomba merít, és a lomha lélek megéhezik. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Bermalas-malas membuat orang tertidur lelap, dan akhirnya si pemalas akan kelaparan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa malas itu mendatangkan tidur lelap, dan seorang yang lalai merasai lapar kelak. |
| Italian | La pigrizia fa cadere in torpore, l'indolente patir la fame. |
| Maori | ¶ Ma te mangere e mea kia moe i te moe reka; ka matekai hoki te wairua o te rora. |
| Norwegian | Dovenskap senker i dyp søvn, og den late skal hungre. |
| Portuguese | A preguiça faz cair em profundo sono; e o ocioso padecerá fome. |
| Rumanian | Lenea te cufundq kntr`un somn adknc, wi sufletul molatic sufere de foame. - |
| Russian | мЕОПУФШ ПЗТХЦБЕФ Ч УПОМЙЧПУФШ, Й ОЕТБ"ЙЧБС "ХЫБ 'Х"ЕФ ФЕТ ЕФШ ЗПМП". |
| Spanish | La pereza hace caer en sueño profundo, y la persona negligente padecerá de hambre. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "slothfulness": slothfulnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-h-l-l-n-o-s-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: softshells. | |
-3 letters: flushness, nutshells, softshell. | |
-4 letters: flushest, foulness, fullness, loftless, lostness, lushness, nutshell, outsells, sellouts, slothful, softness, soulless, stollens, sulfones, unshells. | |
-5 letters: ensouls, flosses, flushes, foulest, fullest, fulness, hostels, hostess, hotness, housels, hulloes, hustles, lessons, lotuses, lushest, outsell, sellout, sleuths, sloshes, slushes, softens, solutes, sonless, stollen, sulfone, sunless, sunsets, telsons, tonuses, tousles, tussehs, tussles. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-h-l-l-n-o-s-s-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: slothfulnesses. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101100 01101111 01110100 01101000 01100110 01110101 01101100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S l o t h f u l n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006C 006F 0074 0068 0066 0075 006C 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537881867472877880718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Bible Trace 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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