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forsloth

forsloth verb: to lose, miss, neglect, spoil, or waste through sloth.

Verb

forsloth (third-person singular simple present forsloths, present participle forslothing, simple past and past participle forslothed)

  1. (transitive) To lose, miss, neglect, spoil, or waste through sloth.

Forms of forsloth

third-person singular presentforsloths
present participleforslothing
past participleforslothed
pastforslothed

Origin of forsloth

From for- + sloth.

Questions about forsloth

What does forsloth mean?
Forsloth means to lose, miss, neglect, spoil, or waste through sloth.
What part of speech is forsloth?
Forsloth is a verb.
What is the past tense of forsloth?
The past tense of forsloth is forslothed.

Words near forsloth in the dictionary

  1. forslinging
  2. forslings
  3. forslip
  4. forslong
  5. forslongen
  6. forsloth
  7. forslothed
  8. forslothing
  9. forslow
  10. forslowed
  11. forslowing

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