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slovenliness|ˈslʌv(ə)nlɪnɪs|
[f. slovenly a.]
The quality or state of being slovenly or untidy; esp. habitual neglect or carelessness with regard to dress, personal appearance, or cleanliness.
1611Cotgr., Grobianisme, grobianisme, slouenlinesse. 1617Moryson Itin. iii. 46 Old Writers reproch..the Suevians with Slovenlinesse. 1651Hobbes Govt. & Soc. x. §1. 148 Out of it, there is a Dominion of Passions, war, fear, poverty, slovinlinesse... In it, the Dominion of reason, peace, security, riches, decency. 1796Morse Amer. Geogr. II. 612 In eating, their slovenliness is shocking. 1837Lockhart Scott I. v. 147 He rallied Walter..on the slovenliness of his dress. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. ii. 68 No slovenliness claiming to be excused as artistic disorder.
b. Carelessness or negligence in work, style, etc.; an instance of this.
1641Bp. Hall Def. Humble Remonstr. §16 Whether the multitudes of Sects, and professed slovenlynesse in Gods service,..have not bin guilty of the increase of profanenesse amongst us. 1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. II. 178 Negligence, Slovinglyness, &c. which we are to look upon as the Monsters of Kitchen Gardens. 1767Young Farmer's Lett. to People 291 Bad management..through slovenliness, idleness, or other obstructions to any profitable husbandry. a1834Coleridge Table T. (1836) 247 When he gets..into a sentence of five or six lines long, nothing can exceed the slovenliness of the English. 1884Spectator 4 Oct. 1324/2 Certain inconsistencies of matter and slovenlinesses of manner which are of little consequence. |