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† ˈignavy Obs.
[ad. L. ignāvi-a, n. of quality f. ignāvus idle, sluggish, f. i-2 = in- not + gnāvus busy, diligent.]
Sluggishness, slowness, sloth.
1543Joye Confut. Winchester's Art. a iv b, Our own sluggishnes negligence and ignauye is the cause therof. 1545― Exp. Dan. xii. 234 What ignauy and sleugth is ther to any godly reformacion? 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 97 The violence..may be obtunded, or its ignavy excited. [1850Carlyle Latter-d. Pamph. iv. (1872) 122 Nations, sunk in blind ignavia, demand a universal-suffrage Parliament to heal their wretchedness.] |