The Only Use of
sloth
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- I heard of the slothful Asiatics, of the stupendous genius and mental activity of the Grecians, of the wars and wonderful virtue of the early Romans—of their subsequent degenerating—of the decline of that mighty empire, of chivalry, Christianity, and kings.
p. 122.3slothful = lazy
Definitions:
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(1)
(sloth as in: mental sloth) laziness (an unwillingness to work or exert oneself)
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(2)
(sloth as in: a sloth in the tree) a type of mammal that seldom moves and is very slow when it does move