noun
slugabed
Slugabed (noun) means (informal) Someone lazy who stays in bed long after they should have got up.
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(informal) Someone lazy who stays in bed long after they should have got up.
"You men have had baths, while Aunt Hilda and I haven't had a chance to get clean for fear of waking you slugabeds."
— Robert Anson Heinlein, ‘—A Wedding Ring is Not a Ring in My Nose—’ (1980)
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Etymology
From slug (“(obsolete) to move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle”) + abed (“in bed”).
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What is the meaning of slugabed?
"slugabed" (noun) means (informal) Someone lazy who stays in bed long after they should have got up.
What is another word for slugabed?
Other words for "slugabed" include couch potato, lazybones, bum, laggard, dawdler, dosser.
What is the opposite of slugabed?
The opposite of "slugabed" is doer.
