单词 | slovenness |
释义 | slovennessn. Now rare. = slovenliness n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > [noun] > condition of sluttinessc1450 sluttishness?c1475 slutnessa1500 slovenry1542 slutterya1586 slovenliness1599 Grobianism1609 slovenness1616 slatternness1745 slatternliness1796 slummockiness1877 draggle-tailedness1889 Schlamperei1917 1616 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdoms World (new ed.) 50 The gentlemen are proud of nothing but slouennesse, vnbeseeming familiaritie, and disorder. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. vi. 165 Yet 'tis more pardonable to be proud, even of cleanly rags, then..of affected slovennesse. 1786 New London Mag. May 230 Sloth and slovenness are said to be often the cause of scurvy. 1874 Railroad Gaz. 29 Aug. 340/1 There is nothing that will demoralize anything quicker than slovenness. 2003 Afr. News (Nexis) 22 Jan. Where slovenness manifested, I would prefer to blame it on inexperience. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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