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slowth

Pronunciation: /sləʊθ/

The English word “slowth” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Slow economic growth.
  2. The state or condition of being slow; slowness.

Etymology

From Middle English slouthe, slewthe, from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th. Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).

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