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sluggardise

sluggardise is the alternative form of sluggardize.

Meaning of sluggardize

Verb

sluggardize (third-person singular simple present sluggardizes, present participle sluggardizing, simple past and past participle sluggardized)

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To make lazy.
    • living dully sluggardized at homec. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of sluggardise

third-person singular presentsluggardises
present participlesluggardising
past participlesluggardised
pastsluggardised

Origin of sluggardise

From sluggard + -ise.

Questions about sluggardise

What is sluggardise the alternative form of?
Sluggardise is the alternative form of sluggardize.

Words near sluggardise in the dictionary

  1. slugga
  2. sluggabed
  3. sluggabeds
  4. sluggable
  5. sluggard
  6. sluggardise
  7. sluggardised
  8. sluggardises
  9. sluggardising
  10. sluggardize
  11. sluggardized

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