slovenishadj.1
/ˈslʌvn̩ɪʃ/, /ˈslʌvənɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈsləvənɪʃ/, /ˈslɑvənɪʃ/ Now rare.
Slovenly; characteristic of or resembling a sloven.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > [adjective] > relating to dirty person
slovenish1614
1614 J. Brinsley tr. M. Cordier Dialogues iii. xxiv. 397 (margin) Out of order, or slouenish.
1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xii. clxiv. 215 To be betray'd To slovenish Altars, and to clownish Rites By fained Zeal's irreverent Deceits.
1670 G. Harvey Little Venus Unmask'd (ed. 2) 13 Where any one is accustomed to Wine, and a sharp hot Diet..and is slovenish in his Linnen, living besides in a hot Climate, its impossible he should escape the Itch.
1814 L. Dow Hist. Cosmopolite ii. i. 198 I observed the undergrowth had been cut up for a camp-meeting, and from 50 to 100 saplings, left breast high; which to me appeared so slovenish, that I could not but ask my guide the cause.
1850 Mich. Farmer Oct. 301/1 Some men are careless and slovenish in doing up their clip for sale.
1918 Operative Miller July 226/3 A miller that is careless or indifferent with his appearance or dress will nine times out of ten be slovenish about his work.
1952 J. Hennig tr. J. W. von Goethe in Osiris 10 51 Shallow imitation by the Italians, slovenish lassitude in the Dutch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Slovenishadj.2n.
/slə(ʊ)ˈviːnɪʃ/, U.S. /sloʊˈvinɪʃ/ Now rare.
A. adj.2
= Slovenian adj.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Slav people > [adjective] > Slovene
Slovenian1844
Slovenish1860
Slovene1861
1860 Catal. Bks. for Sale (Bernard Quaritch) 93 The Slovenish Dialect is spoken in Styria, Carinthia, Carniolia, and the Western Districts of Hungary.
1883 W. R. Morfill Slavonic Lit. ii. 35 To this day..the name Windish is frequently given by the Germans to what would be more correctly called the Slovenish language.
1908 Bull. N.Y. Public Libr. Feb. 92 The Bohemian encyclopaedia..and the Slovenish daily newspapers..form the most noteworthy additions to our material in those two tongues.
B. n.
The Slovenian language; = Slovenian n. 2b.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Slavonic > Slovenian
Slovenian1852
Slovene1861
Slovenish1879
1879 Academy 14 June 524/3 Traces [of nasals] can be found in the Modern Slovenish, and their existence in Polabish, the extinct language of the Slavs on the Elbe, has been shown.
1883 W. R. Morfill Slavonic Lit. i. 8 The geographical extent of the territory over which..Slovenish and its dialects are spoken.
1910 Economist 31 Dec. 1338/2 The forms must be printed in nine languages..Serbo-Croatian, Slovenish, Roumanian, Slovak, [etc.].
1964 R. Croft-Cooke Wintry Sea xi. 150 I do a good deal of translation into Slovenish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.11614adj.2n.1860