Meaning of pigritude | Babel Free

Definitions

Slothfulness, laziness.

literary, rare, uncountable

Examples

“Pigritude. Slothfulnes.”

“But, with a little thoughtful frequenting, those deserted river-sides become contemplative and pleasant rambling-places, and, if some whim of fashion do not make the bank of the Hudson like the Marina of Smyrna, a fashionable resort, I have my Sunday afternoons provided for, during the pigritude of city durance.”

“If people have sunk into such shameful pigritude that they will only fight if wantonly attacked, is it moral to twist facts in such a way as to make the enemy appear to bear all the blame?”

“Yes, I was guilty of procrastination, sloth, accidie, pigritude (a lovely old word for laziness), stupidity perhaps, but did I not try?”

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