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unˈcleanliness
[f. next + -ness. Cf. MDu. onclein-, oncleenlijcheit.]
1. Lack of moral cleanness; moral impurity.
1509Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 238 The newe disguises hath..come to Englande, and eche vnclenlynes Doth leade vs wretches. 1540R. Hyrde tr. Vives' Instr. Chr. Wom. Pref. A iv b, I wolde not fall in to any vnclenlynes, which were the grettest shame that can be, for hym that shuld be a maister of chastitie. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. ii. i. 82 My wife..might haue bin accus'd in fornication, adultery, and all vncleanlinesse there.
2. Want of physical cleanliness.
1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 142 b, Beeyng chidden, for yt he was a gooer into places full of..vnclenelynesse. 1598Florio, Immonditia, vnclenlines, filthines. 1722Lond. Gaz. No. 6057/1 The Poverty and Uncleanliness of the Parents. 1802Mrs. Sherwood Susan Gray 18 However poor you may be, there can be no necessity for uncleanliness. 1859R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 417 The village..is not only healthier,..despite its uncleanliness, but is also more comfortable. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 747 Personal uncleanliness is a powerful general cause [of Acnitis]. |