slacknessn.

/ˈslaknɪs/

Forms: Old English sleacnes, sleacnys, slecnys, Middle English slacnesse, slaknes (Middle English slaknesse), Middle English slakenes, 1500s slacke-, 1500s–1600s slacknesse, 1500s– slackness.

Etymology: < slack adj. + -ness suffix.

a. Lack of diligence or energy; tendency to idleness or sluggishness; remissness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun]

sleuthc888

sweernessc888

slacknessc897

unlustOE

aswolkenessc1000

slothc1175

sweeringa1300

sloth-head1303

unlusthead1340

nicetya1387

sluggardy1390

sluggardness1398

nicehead1440

musardryc1450

slugnessc1450

lashness1477

sweerdomc1480

truantness1483

passibilityc1485

sleuthfulness1488

sluggardry1513

slothfulness1526

sluggardise1532

luskishness1538

desidiousnessa1540

ocivity1550

restiness?c1550

niceness1557

laziness1580

easinessa1586

poltroonery1590

facility1615

pigritude1623

pigrity1623

otiosity1632

easefulnessa1639

dronishness1674

reasiness1679

indolence1710

accidity1730

indolency1741

lurgy1769

donothingness1814

far niente1819

oisivity1830

donothingism1839

dronage1846

lotus-eating1852

faineance1853

faineancy1854

bummerism1858

lazyhood1866

bone-laziness1875

sleevelessness1882

bummery1887

sluggardliness1977

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > indiligence or remissness

slacknessc897

forswundennessc1175

sweeringa1300

lachesa1393

lachedness1484

indiligence1496

lachousness1496

slacking1542

remissness1570

dissoluteness1576

disassiduity1613

insedulity1679

slothingc1690

inapplication1721

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xl. 289 Oft eac sio godnes ðære monnðwærnesse bið diegellice gemenged wið sleacnesse.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 33 Efterward comþ slacnesse..þet bint zuo þane man þet onneaþe he him yefþ to done wel.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋680 He dooth alle thyng with..slaknesse and excusacion, and with ydelnesse, and vnlust.

1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. cj^v Who maye herein woorthely accuse vs for the slackenesse of owre dewtie towarde hym.

1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §38 B iiij Deley..which happeneth by the slacknesse either of the creditor, or debtor.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 634 From Mans effeminate slackness it begins.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 353 He said, he should wash his hands..from the least imputation of slackness in that..pious work.

1713 E. Young Poem on Last Day i. 7 Not folded Arms, and Slackness of the Mind, Can promise for the Safety of Mankind.

1817 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (ed. 5) II. iii. ix. 408 The slackness of its neighbours in manufacturing, or any other cause.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. viii. 313 His slackness drew on him a sharp reprimand from the royal lips.

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. 327 Their interest and their duty were too nearly the same to allow of any slackness.

b. Laxity; want of strictness.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of strictness > [noun]

laxity1623

laschety1673

slackness1674

laxness1676

1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 213 Y^e slackness of dicipline used in England towards Soldiers.

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xxv. 280 A slackness in Doctrine..will always bring with it a much greater corruption in practice.

2. Slowness; tardiness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun]

slacknessc1000

latenessOE

sleutha1387

slowfulness1483

lenta1500

snailishness1905

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun]

slacknessc1000

hoolinessa1340

latesomeness1357

slothc1380

lateshipc1390

slownessa1398

lateliness?c1400

sluggednessc1425

slugginessc1450

sluggishnessc1450

tardityc1450

lenta1500

ignavy1543

retardance1550

lingering1570

tardiness1608

lentitude1623

languidness1634

tediousness1691

lentora1763

slow-coaching1837

snailishness1905

c1000 Saxon Leechd. III. 264 Swa swa þære sunnan sleacnys acenð ænne dæg..swa eac þæs monan swiftnes awyrpð ut ænne dæg.

c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 282 Ðam gemettum wæs beboden þæt hi sceoldon caflice etan, forðan ðe God onscunað þa sleacnysse on his ðegnum.

c1055 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 301 Nu wolde ic þæt þa æðela clericas asceocon fram heora andgites orðance ælce sleacnysse.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋ 14 In a businesse of moment a man feareth not the blame of conuenient slacknesse.

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi i. §3. 14 These who mocked at the slacknesse of Christs coming to judgement.

1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. i. ⁋iii There is a slackness to heal, and a cure is very difficultly effected.

a. Lack of vigour or strength; absence of tension or tightness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [noun]

wokenessc1000

unstrengthc1175

frailnessa1300

weaknessa1300

brotelhede1340

frailtyc1384

tendernessa1387

slackness1398

unmain?a1400

unmight?a1400

feebility1413

fragility1474

infirmity1590

strengthlessness1666

feebleness1684

akrasia1806

weediness1860

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > lack of tension or slackness

slackness1398

loosenessc1400

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) ix. xxiv Poores of bodies..closeþ for slakenes of heete in the euetide.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 458/1 Slaknesse, laxatura.

1743 R. Blair Grave 17 Man..knowing well the Slackness of his Arm, Trusts only in the well-invented Knife?

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Laxity Slackness; contrariety to tension.

b. concrete. The slack part of anything.

ΚΠ

1898 S. R. Crockett Red Axe (1903) 157 Lifting him unceremoniously up by the slackness of his back covertures, I turned him over.

4. Absence of briskness; dullness (of trade, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > [noun] > other trading qualities

flatness1812

slackness1851

the world > action or operation > inaction > [noun] > absence of brisk activity (in trade, etc.)

languor1741

slackness1851

1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude iv. 57 Whenever he speaks of the slackness of trade.

1884 Manch. Examiner 9 June 4/1 In the Stock Exchange the tone was mostly flat, in consequence of the slackness of business.

5. Nautical. (See quot. 1877.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > ability to answer helm > tendency to go off course

sag1589

weather-helm1691

griping1769

slackness1877

lee-helm1883

weathercocking1952

1877 W. H. White Man. Naval Archit. 484 The contrary condition, where the resultant resistance acts abaft the resultant wind pressure, and makes the head of the ship fall off from the wind, is termed ‘slackness’, and can only be counteracted by keeping the helm a-lee.

1922 E. L. Attwood Theoret. Naval Archit. (ed. 8) xi. 380 If the centre of effort is forward of the C.L.R. the bow of the ship tends to fall off from the wind (which is termed ‘slackness’).

Draft additions September 2021

Chiefly Caribbean. Indecent, obscene, or lewd behaviour. In later use applied spec. to the sexually explicit lyrics characteristic of certain dancehall songs. Also as a modifier.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > lewdness, bawdiness, or obscenity

filthOE

harlotryc1384

filthiness?1504

brothelry?1526

lewdness1578

obscenity1589

obscenousness1591

spurcity1608

obscenenessa1637

bawdiness1731

priapism1758

nast1789

hircosity1873

raunch1957

raunchiness1962

sluttiness1972

slackness1980

1980 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 29 Oct. 6/8 People shacking up together with no commitment to each other... This kind of slackness is the cause of so many bastards in the society.

1992 Voice 22 Dec. (Suppl.) 27/1 If a man..goes on the mic and says two slackness things and gets paid for it, he's gonna keep doin' it.

2005 Riddim No. 1. 57/2 Dancehall is just this..fast beat. You..have a lot of slackness, man telling woman to do all kinds of things with themselves, to sell their bodies. That's not right.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	slackness
释义	slacknessn. /ˈslaknɪs/ Forms: Old English sleacnes, sleacnys, slecnys, Middle English slacnesse, slaknes (Middle English slaknesse), Middle English slakenes, 1500s slacke-, 1500s–1600s slacknesse, 1500s– slackness. Etymology: < slack adj. + -ness suffix. 1. a. Lack of diligence or energy; tendency to idleness or sluggishness; remissness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] sleuthc888 sweernessc888 slacknessc897 unlustOE aswolkenessc1000 slothc1175 sweeringa1300 sloth-head1303 unlusthead1340 nicetya1387 sluggardy1390 sluggardness1398 nicehead1440 musardryc1450 slugnessc1450 lashness1477 sweerdomc1480 truantness1483 passibilityc1485 sleuthfulness1488 sluggardry1513 slothfulness1526 sluggardise1532 luskishness1538 desidiousnessa1540 ocivity1550 restiness?c1550 niceness1557 laziness1580 easinessa1586 poltroonery1590 facility1615 pigritude1623 pigrity1623 otiosity1632 easefulnessa1639 dronishness1674 reasiness1679 indolence1710 accidity1730 indolency1741 lurgy1769 donothingness1814 far niente1819 oisivity1830 donothingism1839 dronage1846 lotus-eating1852 faineance1853 faineancy1854 bummerism1858 lazyhood1866 bone-laziness1875 sleevelessness1882 bummery1887 sluggardliness1977 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > indiligence or remissness slacknessc897 forswundennessc1175 sweeringa1300 lachesa1393 lachedness1484 indiligence1496 lachousness1496 slacking1542 remissness1570 dissoluteness1576 disassiduity1613 insedulity1679 slothingc1690 inapplication1721 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xl. 289 Oft eac sio godnes ðære monnðwærnesse bið diegellice gemenged wið sleacnesse. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 33 Efterward comþ slacnesse..þet bint zuo þane man þet onneaþe he him yefþ to done wel. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋680 He dooth alle thyng with..slaknesse and excusacion, and with ydelnesse, and vnlust. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. cj^v Who maye herein woorthely accuse vs for the slackenesse of owre dewtie towarde hym. 1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §38 B iiij Deley..which happeneth by the slacknesse either of the creditor, or debtor. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 634 From Mans effeminate slackness it begins. View more context for this quotation 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 353 He said, he should wash his hands..from the least imputation of slackness in that..pious work. 1713 E. Young Poem on Last Day i. 7 Not folded Arms, and Slackness of the Mind, Can promise for the Safety of Mankind. 1817 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (ed. 5) II. iii. ix. 408 The slackness of its neighbours in manufacturing, or any other cause. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. viii. 313 His slackness drew on him a sharp reprimand from the royal lips. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. 327 Their interest and their duty were too nearly the same to allow of any slackness. b. Laxity; want of strictness. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of strictness > [noun] laxity1623 laschety1673 slackness1674 laxness1676 1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 213 Y^e slackness of dicipline used in England towards Soldiers. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xxv. 280 A slackness in Doctrine..will always bring with it a much greater corruption in practice. 2. Slowness; tardiness. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] slacknessc1000 latenessOE sleutha1387 slowfulness1483 lenta1500 snailishness1905 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun] slacknessc1000 hoolinessa1340 latesomeness1357 slothc1380 lateshipc1390 slownessa1398 lateliness?c1400 sluggednessc1425 slugginessc1450 sluggishnessc1450 tardityc1450 lenta1500 ignavy1543 retardance1550 lingering1570 tardiness1608 lentitude1623 languidness1634 tediousness1691 lentora1763 slow-coaching1837 snailishness1905 c1000 Saxon Leechd. III. 264 Swa swa þære sunnan sleacnys acenð ænne dæg..swa eac þæs monan swiftnes awyrpð ut ænne dæg. c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 282 Ðam gemettum wæs beboden þæt hi sceoldon caflice etan, forðan ðe God onscunað þa sleacnysse on his ðegnum. c1055 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 301 Nu wolde ic þæt þa æðela clericas asceocon fram heora andgites orðance ælce sleacnysse. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋ 14 In a businesse of moment a man feareth not the blame of conuenient slacknesse. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi i. §3. 14 These who mocked at the slacknesse of Christs coming to judgement. 1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. i. ⁋iii There is a slackness to heal, and a cure is very difficultly effected. 3. a. Lack of vigour or strength; absence of tension or tightness. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [noun] wokenessc1000 unstrengthc1175 frailnessa1300 weaknessa1300 brotelhede1340 frailtyc1384 tendernessa1387 slackness1398 unmain?a1400 unmight?a1400 feebility1413 fragility1474 infirmity1590 strengthlessness1666 feebleness1684 akrasia1806 weediness1860 the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > lack of tension or slackness slackness1398 loosenessc1400 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) ix. xxiv Poores of bodies..closeþ for slakenes of heete in the euetide. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 458/1 Slaknesse, laxatura. 1743 R. Blair Grave 17 Man..knowing well the Slackness of his Arm, Trusts only in the well-invented Knife? 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Laxity Slackness; contrariety to tension. b. concrete. The slack part of anything. ΚΠ 1898 S. R. Crockett Red Axe (1903) 157 Lifting him unceremoniously up by the slackness of his back covertures, I turned him over. 4. Absence of briskness; dullness (of trade, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [noun] > other trading qualities flatness1812 slackness1851 the world > action or operation > inaction > [noun] > absence of brisk activity (in trade, etc.) languor1741 slackness1851 1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude iv. 57 Whenever he speaks of the slackness of trade. 1884 Manch. Examiner 9 June 4/1 In the Stock Exchange the tone was mostly flat, in consequence of the slackness of business. 5. Nautical. (See quot. 1877.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > ability to answer helm > tendency to go off course sag1589 weather-helm1691 griping1769 slackness1877 lee-helm1883 weathercocking1952 1877 W. H. White Man. Naval Archit. 484 The contrary condition, where the resultant resistance acts abaft the resultant wind pressure, and makes the head of the ship fall off from the wind, is termed ‘slackness’, and can only be counteracted by keeping the helm a-lee. 1922 E. L. Attwood Theoret. Naval Archit. (ed. 8) xi. 380 If the centre of effort is forward of the C.L.R. the bow of the ship tends to fall off from the wind (which is termed ‘slackness’). Draft additions September 2021 Chiefly Caribbean. Indecent, obscene, or lewd behaviour. In later use applied spec. to the sexually explicit lyrics characteristic of certain dancehall songs. Also as a modifier. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > lewdness, bawdiness, or obscenity filthOE harlotryc1384 filthiness?1504 brothelry?1526 lewdness1578 obscenity1589 obscenousness1591 spurcity1608 obscenenessa1637 bawdiness1731 priapism1758 nast1789 hircosity1873 raunch1957 raunchiness1962 sluttiness1972 slackness1980 1980 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 29 Oct. 6/8 People shacking up together with no commitment to each other... This kind of slackness is the cause of so many bastards in the society. 1992 Voice 22 Dec. (Suppl.) 27/1 If a man..goes on the mic and says two slackness things and gets paid for it, he's gonna keep doin' it. 2005 Riddim No. 1. 57/2 Dancehall is just this..fast beat. You..have a lot of slackness, man telling woman to do all kinds of things with themselves, to sell their bodies. 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