slugabed
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
slugabed (plural slugabeds)
- (archaic, now, chiefly, Canada, US) A lazy person who lie#Verb|lies in bed#Noun|bed after the usual time#Noun|time for getting up; a sluggard.
- Synonyms: late riser, Thesaurus:idler
- c. 1591–1595, [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Iuliet. […] (Second Quarto), London: Printed by Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, […], published 1599, OCLC 222309388 ↗, [Act IV, scene v] ↗:
- Why Lambe, why Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / Why Loue I ſay, Madam, ſweeteheart, why Bride: / What not a word, you take your penniworths now, / Sleepe for a weeke, {{...}
- French: dormeur, dormeuse, lève-tard
- German: Langschläfer, Langschläferin, Spätaufsteher, Spätaufsteherin
- Italian: dormiglione
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