Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SLUG'GISH
SLUG'GISH, a.
- Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
- Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish river or stream.
- Inert; inactive; having no power to move itself. Matter is sluggish and inactive. – Woodward.
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