Definition for SLUG'GISH-NESS

SLUG'GISH-NESS, n.

  1. Natural or habitual indolence or laziness; sloth; dullness; applied to persons.
  2. Inertness; want of power to move; applied to inanimate matter.
  3. Slowness; as, the sluggishness of a stream.

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