laggard

laggard

laggard (plural laggards)

1. Someone who lags behind; someone who takes more time than is necessary.

laggard (comparative more laggard, superlative most laggard)

1. Hanging back; loitering.
   • 1752, Francis Gentleman and Ben Jonson, Sejanus, A Tragedy, act 5, scene 1, page 54–55:

     But come lets wing our Steps with utmost Speed,
     The swiftest Haste is laggard to the Deed.

   • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 66:

     Between blinks Tommy saw Temple in the path, her body slender and motionless for a moment as though waiting for some laggard part to catch up.

ritardatario

Altri significati:

Someone who lags behind; someone who takes more time than is necessary.

someone who lags behind

Hanging back; loitering.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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