单词 | disassiduity |
释义 | † disassiduityn. Obsolete (rare in later use). Lack of assiduity; failure to be persistently diligent or attentive; slackness. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > indiligence or remissness slacknessc897 forswundennessc1175 sweeringa1300 lachesa1393 lachedness1484 indiligence1496 lachousness1496 slacking1542 remissness1570 dissoluteness1576 disassiduity1613 insedulity1679 slothingc1690 inapplication1721 1613 H. Wotton Let. 29 Apr. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 412 Some argue..that disassiduity in a Favorite is a degree of Declination. a1639 H. Wotton Earle of Essex & Duke of Buckingham: Parallel in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 25 Knowing that upon every little absence or disassiduity [1641 dissaduity], he should be subject to take cold at his back. 1665 D. Lloyd States-men & Favourites Eng. 431 He came in, and went out, and through disassiduity lost the advantage of her favor. 1856 S. K. Hoshour Lett. to 'Squire Pedant (ed. 2) 48 He must especially evitate all disassiduity in the mundification of his dental organs and cutaneous surface. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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