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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary lag·gard
DATE 1702 : lagging or tending to lag : dilatory • lag·gard·ly adverb or adjective • lag·gard·ness noun
noun DATE 1705 : one that lags or lingers English Etymology laggard 1702, from lag (v.) + -ard. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 laggard lag·gard / 5lA^Ed; NAmE -^Erd / noun (old-fashioned)a slow and lazy person, organization, etc. 迟钝懒散者；迟缓者；涣散的机构 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun one that delays unnecessarily or falls behind FF1C;no room for laggards on the expeditionFF1E; Synonyms: dawdler, lingerer, loiterer, slow coach, slowpoke, straggler Related Words: lazybones, loafer Contrasted Words: dynamo, go-ahead, go-getter, hustler, live wire, rustler; eager beaver n. Function: adjective Synonyms: SLOW 2, deliberate, dilatory, leisurely, unhasty, unhurried Related Words: dawdling, delaying, loitering, procrastinating; comatose, lethargic, sluggish; apathetic, impassive, phlegmatic Contrasted Words: alert, vigilant, watchful, wide-awake; expeditious, fast, fleet, speedy Antonyms: prompt, quick Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged lag·gard I. \ˈlagə(r)d, ˈlaag-, ˈlaig-\ adjective Etymology: lag (I) + -ard (n. suffix) : lagging or tending to lag : slow or relatively slow to act, move, follow, or respond : backward , behindhand , dilatory , sluggish < has been very laggard about erecting the sound substance of a continental defense — R.E.Lapp > < laggard payments … will always be with us — T.A.Sumberg > < the laggard speed of sound — C.G.Burke > < entering, with laggard foot — Hugh Walpole > Synonyms: see slow II. noun (-s) : one that lags : loiterer, lingerer < laggards who detain us on our course — Times Literary Supplement > < swift to perceive an opportunity and no laggard in profiting by it — S.H.Adams > < when a herd does stampede, it is usually the leaders and the laggards that are caught — James Stevenson-Hamilton > < of all sciences, aesthetic has been the greatest laggard — Roger Fry > |
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