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‖ piˈgritia Obs. [L., = sloth, slothfulness.] A former name of the sloths of South America.
[1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iv. iv. 256 The beast in Brasil, which the Spaniards call Pigritia, which goes no farther in a fortnight then a man will cast a stone.] 1706Phillips, Pigritia, Slothfulness... Also an American Beast call'd a Sloth. 1775Adair Amer. Ind. 417 Nearly related to the South-American animal Pigritia, that makes two or three days journey in going up a tree. |