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slovenry|ˈslʌv(ə)nrɪ|
Also 6 sloovenry, 6–7 slovenrie.
[f. sloven n. + -ry.]
The quality or condition of being slovenly; neglect of neatness or cleanliness; slovenliness, carelessness, negligence.
Common c 1600–1650; now rare.
1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 74 Persones yt dooe glorie & braggue of their niggyshe sloovenry. 1586Hooker Hist. Irel. in Holinshed II. 86/2 The onelie meane..whereby hir husband his countrie was reclamed from sluttishnesse and slouenrie. 1648J. Beaumont Psyche i. clxii, Never did Slovenry more misbecome Nor more confute its nasty self than here. 1681Rycaut tr. Gracian's Critick 198 It is a barbarous Slovenry after we have blown our Nose, to look on the Snot in our Handkerchief.
1847Blackw. Mag. LXII. 662 It has a little dash of slovenry. 1895Sotheran's Catal. Jan. 11 This first edition of the two novels is curiously mis-titled through the publisher's slovenry. |