sluggardize

verb

sluggardize

verb

Etymology From sluggard + -ize.

1

Archaic, Rare To make lazy.

  • living dully sluggardized at homec. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

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