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sluggardizing

sluggardizing is the present participle and gerund 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...

Questions about sluggardizing

What is sluggardizing the present participle and gerund of?
Sluggardizing is the present participle and gerund of sluggardize.

Words near sluggardizing in the dictionary

  1. sluggardises
  2. sluggardising
  3. sluggardize
  4. sluggardized
  5. sluggardizes
  6. sluggardizing
  7. sluggardliness
  8. sluggardly
  9. sluggardness
  10. sluggards
  11. sluggas

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