sloggish

adj

sloggish

adj

Etymology From slog + -ish.

1

slow, sluggish

  • the tiny, sweet "ladyfingers" of the Carribbean; the sloggish "water bananas" of Equatorial Africa; and the big, yellow Gros Michel, which has become the standby of American, British Isles, and most European markets.1951, Charles Morrow Wilson, The Tropics: World of Tomorrow, page 82:
  • With a gurgle and gush And a sloggish slush, I spray the logs and spatter the frogs,1980, Fannie Safier, Adventures in reading, →ISBN, page 248:
2 more examples
  • I don't know why, I was just fine. Not at all sloggish.1995, Sanford M. Dorbin, Never enough light: new & selected poems, 1966-1994, page 117:
  • The slow sloggish performance manufacturing and mining and quarrying sectors, as well as the private social and community services sector.2002, Reserve Bank of Malawi, Financial and Economic Review, volume 34:

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