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sloshy, a.|ˈslɒʃɪ|
[f. slosh n.]
Slushy; sloppy, sentimental.
1797B. Hawkins Let. 22 Feb. in Coll. Georgia Hist. Soc. (1916) IX. 88 Flat piney sloshy land. 1828Carr Craven Gloss., Sloshy, in a state of slosh. 1862G. H. Kingsley Sp. & Trav. (1900) 379 London the foggy, with its dirty, sloshy, melting snow. 1879M. E. Braddon Clov. Foot xiii. 118 The sound of a footstep on the sloshy gravel walk. 1913A. Lunn Harrovians ii. 35 Because..if they had form games some sloshy old chaw [Note, i.e. Old Harrovian, a term of affection] would write to the papers. 1920Glasgow Herald 30 Apr. 9 They are living not merely upon vegetables, but sloshy vegetables. 1924E. F. Benson David of King's vii. 136 ‘Positively his last appearance,’ said David. ‘Rather theatrical, but not sloshy.’ 1933Daily Mirror 26 Oct. 12/4 ‘Sloshy talk’ is simply the perpetration of such phrases as ‘too, too marvellous’ and ‘utterly divine’. 1949[see boob n. 4]. 1957D. Piper English Face x. 244 Broader, indeed sloshy, effects were needed by an emulator of Reynolds, Daniel Gardner. 1978C. Storr Winter's End ii. 37 You thought it was like in those rotten stories... I've read enough sloshy stuff in my time.
Hence ˈsloshiness.
1894Amateur Gardening 4 Feb. 391 The drainage of such a path will be imperfect, hence ‘sloshiness’ in wet weather. |