slugabed
Plural: slugabeds
Noun
- A person who stays in bed late due to laziness.
- a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour
- A lazy person who lies in bed after the usual time for getting up; a sluggard.
Examples
- Even a slugabed can awaken their Scrabble skills with enough coffee and good tiles.
Origin / Etymology
From slug (“(obsolete) to move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle”) + abed (“in bed”).
Synonyms
lie-abed, bum, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, do-naught, do-nothing, dogfucker, dosser, faineant, flaneur, footler, get-nothing, goldbricker, goof-off, idler, idleton, laggard, lallygag, late riser, layabout, lazy ass, lazy louse, lazybones, lidderon, loafer, loiter-sack, lollygagger, lounge lizard, lounger, morepork, poop, ragabash, shirker, slacker, slow belly, slug-a-bed, slugabed, slugabug, sluggabed, sluggard, sofa spud, tarrier, truant
Scrabble Score: 12
slugabed: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordslugabed: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
slugabed: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary