† slowbackn.adj.

Forms: see slow adj. and back n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: slow adj., back n.¹

Etymology: < slow adj. + back n.¹

Obsolete.

A. n.

A person who or (occasionally) animal which is lazy, indolent, slothful, or sluggish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness > person

sluggard1398

slugc1425

dawa1500

belly huddroun?a1513

slowbelly1526

luggard?1528

heavy arse1530

slugger1539

druggard1569

slowback1577

snaila1593

slugplum1593

druggle1611

dawdlea1764

laggard1808

doldrum1812

dawdler1818

slowcoach1828

lag-last1830

slowpoke1847

morepork1874

slob1876

slow boat to China1919

schlump1941

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. i. sig. Bb.i^v/2 For God doth not assist slouthfull persons and idle slowbackes.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 314 They [sc. bees] mark and note the slow-backs, they chastise them anon.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xvii. ii. 93 Rayling at him as a slow-backe and coward.

a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xix. 234 Slow-backs, whose hand is no sooner from under the Governours eye, but that it is also off from the work.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Lungis, a slim Slow-back; a drowsy or dreaming Fellow.

B. adj.

Slow, sluggish; laggard.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] > specifically of persons

slowc1300

sluggishc1450

tardious?1572

dreich1606

slowback1610

reluctant1797

tardigrade1813

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish > specifically of persons or animals

slowc1300

sloth1412

sluggingc1430

sluggishc1450

sleuth1567

slowback1610

dilatorya1616

tardigradous1652

reluctant1797

1610 W. Sclater Threefold Preseruatiue sig. B4^v Let me apply it to these slowback times.

1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (1630) 256 How much adoe haue we..to hale on our slow-back Nature to perfection.

1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (1630) 572 God be mercifull to this declining Age, this slowbacke, or rather backsliding generation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021).

单词	slowback
释义	† slowbackn.adj. Forms: see slow adj. and back n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: slow adj., back n.¹ Etymology: < slow adj. + back n.¹ Obsolete. A. n. A person who or (occasionally) animal which is lazy, indolent, slothful, or sluggish. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness > person sluggard1398 slugc1425 dawa1500 belly huddroun?a1513 slowbelly1526 luggard?1528 heavy arse1530 slugger1539 druggard1569 slowback1577 snaila1593 slugplum1593 druggle1611 dawdlea1764 laggard1808 doldrum1812 dawdler1818 slowcoach1828 lag-last1830 slowpoke1847 morepork1874 slob1876 slow boat to China1919 schlump1941 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. i. sig. Bb.i^v/2 For God doth not assist slouthfull persons and idle slowbackes. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 314 They [sc. bees] mark and note the slow-backs, they chastise them anon. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xvii. ii. 93 Rayling at him as a slow-backe and coward. a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xix. 234 Slow-backs, whose hand is no sooner from under the Governours eye, but that it is also off from the work. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Lungis, a slim Slow-back; a drowsy or dreaming Fellow. B. adj. Slow, sluggish; laggard. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] > specifically of persons slowc1300 sluggishc1450 tardious?1572 dreich1606 slowback1610 reluctant1797 tardigrade1813 the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] > tardy or sluggish > specifically of persons or animals slowc1300 sloth1412 sluggingc1430 sluggishc1450 sleuth1567 slowback1610 dilatorya1616 tardigradous1652 reluctant1797 1610 W. Sclater Threefold Preseruatiue sig. B4^v Let me apply it to these slowback times. 1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (1630) 256 How much adoe haue we..to hale on our slow-back Nature to perfection. 1619 W. Sclater Expos. 1 Thess. (1630) 572 God be mercifull to this declining Age, this slowbacke, or rather backsliding generation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021). < n.adj.1577
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