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pigritude

pigritude noun: slothfulness, laziness.

Noun

pigritude (uncountable)

  1. (literary, rare) Slothfulness, laziness.
    • Pigritude. Slothfulnes.[1623, H[enry] C[ockeram], “Pigritude”, in The English Dictionarie: or, An Interpreter of Hard English VVords. […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Edmund Weauer, […], →OCLC, 1st part […]...
    • But, with a little thoughtful frequenting, those deserted river-sides become contemplative and pleasant rambling-places, and, if some whim of fashion do not make the bank of the Hudson like the Marina of Smyrna, a fashionable resort, I have my Sunday afternoons provided for, during the pigritude of...1844 May 25, [Nathaniel Parker Willis], “Diary of Town Trifles. […]”, in The New Mirror, volume III, number 8, New York, N.Y., page 120, column 2

Examples of pigritude in a sentence

  • If people have sunk into such shameful pigritude that they will only fight if wantonly attacked, is it moral to twist facts in such a way as to make the enemy appear to bear all the blame?1915 April 29, “Is Lying Justifiable in Time of War?”, in Springfield Weekly Republican, 91st year, number 84, Springfield, Mass., page 3...
  • Yes, I was guilty of procrastination, sloth, accidie, pigritude (a lovely old word for laziness), stupidity perhaps, but did I not try?1978 September, Nicolas Slonimsky, “Preface to the Sixth Edition”, in Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 6th edition, New York...

Origin of pigritude

From Latin pigritūdō.

Questions about pigritude

What does pigritude mean?
Pigritude means slothfulness, laziness.
How do you use pigritude in a sentence?
If people have sunk into such shameful pigritude that they will only fight if wantonly attacked, is it moral to twist facts in such a way as to make the enemy appear to bear all the blame?
What part of speech is pigritude?
Pigritude is a noun.

Words near pigritude in the dictionary

  1. pigpen ciphers
  2. pigpens
  3. pigpile
  4. pigpiles
  5. pigproof
  6. pigritude
  7. pigroot
  8. pigrooted
  9. pigrooting
  10. pigroots
  11. pigs

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