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† ˈsleuthful, a. Obs.
Also Sc. 5 slouth-, 6 slewth-, 7 slueth-.
[f. sleuth n.1 In later use only Sc.]
Slothful.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 104 Man ys..wayk and sleuthfull as Bere. Ibid. 115 Sleuthful, and vnobeyssant. c1470Henry Wallace vii. 348 In thair brawnys sone slaid the sleuthfull sleip. 1533Bellenden Livy i. Prol. (S.T.S.) I. 9 How sleuthfull war þe maneris of romanis, quhen morall disciplynis began to failȝe. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 286 Mony of þair kinsmen and freindis, this law walde fettir, ydle, sueir, and sleuthfull. c1614Sir W. Mure Dido & æneas Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 78 None sluethfull in the citty do remaine.
Hence † ˈsleuthfully adv., † sleuthfulness.
c1470Henry Wallace i. 3 Our antecessowris..We lat ourslide, throw werray sleuthfulness. Ibid. iii. 234 Our slouthfully our keparis leit him pass. 1520Peebles Burgh Rec. (1872) 50 Gyf it happynis..that the saidis landis faill throuch neclegens, wantonnes, or slewthfulness of the chaplane. 1565Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 430 The samyn wes sleuthfullie left furth of the procurationis. |