Sloth (disambiguation)

Sloth may refer to:

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• a South American mammal, see Sloth.
• a musical group, see Sloth.
• the term sloth can also transfer metaphorically to other slow-moving animals, including
• the Sloth Bear of India
• several species of lorises, lemurs and galagos.
• the Koala has been called the "Australian sloth".

All these animals receive their name from the noun sloth, which is simply the Middle English noun-form of the adjective slow (formed in the same way as true→truth). In modern usage, however, it means "lazy, inactive, idle, indolent, sluggish, and slow". Hence,

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• Sloth is one of the Seven Deadly Sins.