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sluttishness|ˈslʌtɪʃnɪs|
Also 5 slwttisnes, 6 scluttishnes.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The character or state of being sluttish; dirtiness; gross slovenliness or untidiness.
1483Cath. Angl. 345/2 Slwttisnes; vbi fowlnes. c1530Crt. of Love lxviii, That thou eschewe With sluttishness thyself for to offend. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Peter 2 Which can neither be corrupted with death,..ne yet fade away by age or sluttishnes. 1600Breton Pasquil's Fooles Cap xxxviii, Shee that is giuen to Ease and Sluttishnesse, And trifles out the time in Trompery. a1659Bp. Brownrig Serm. (1674) I. xxx. 382 Christ compares an Hypocrite to a piece of sluttishness. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xxxviii. (1804) 251 She neglects her person even to a degree of sluttishness. 1776Euphrosyne I. 18 My study is, I must confess The sacred shrine of sluttishness.
fig.1568Turner Herbal iii. 80 The scluttishnes, filthines, and foulnes of the soule. 1637Preston Mount Ebal (1638) 42 Suffer not any sluttishnesse..to rest in your hearts. 1893Daily News 12 Dec. 6/7 That sluttishness of financial prosperity which has been denied to art in all ages. |