slugabed

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The Word of the Day for April 6 is:

slugabed   \SLUG-uh-bed\   noun
      : a person who stays in bed after the usual or proper time to get up; 
broadly : sluggard

Example sentence:
     Rather than be a slugabed for her entire vacation, Jeanne made it a goal 
to rise at 6:00 AM and go for a jog every morning.

Did you know? 
     The first known usage of "slugabed" in English can be found in 
Shakespeare's _Romeo and Juliet_ (1592), when Juliet's nurse attempts to rouse 
the young heroine by chiding, "Why, lamb! why, lady! Fie, you slug-abed!" The 
first half of the word, "slug," is a now-rare verb once used in English to mean 
"to be lazy or inert" or "to move slowly." Experts believe this word to be of 
Scandinavian origin, and the same thing can be said of the noun "slug," which 
can mean "sluggard" or "lazy person" as well as refer to the slow-moving 
gastropod. The second half of our featured word, "abed," is a word still used 
in English today to mean "in bed."  




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