shabbinessn.
/ˈʃabɪnɪs/ The quality or state of being shabby (in various senses).
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [noun]
shendfulness?c1225
vilety?c1225
vilehead1340
wretchedness1389
caitifness1393
caitifhedea1400
caitiftya1400
unnoblenessc1400
unnobilitya1425
unnobletya1425
vilitya1425
vileness1526
lousiness1530
infamya1535
baseness1548
vildness1597
shabbiness1711
piggery1854
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > condition of having lost freshness > shabbiness
shabbiness1711
seediness1832
secondhandinessa1849
down-at-heeledness1916
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible
shendfulness?c1225
wretchdom?c1225
wretchedness1389
caitifhedea1400
vilitya1425
despectuousness1447
lousiness1530
scornfulness1535
meanness1556
contemptibleness1574
worthlessness1604
contemptibility1611
caitifness1649
despicableness1653
pitifulness1670
despisableness1673
paltriness1727
shabbiness1827
despicability1830
piggery1854
wormishness1925
shittiness1929
scuzziness1980
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 31. ¶1 The Shabbiness of his Dress.
1712 Steele Spectator No. 264. ⁋2 His gay Shabbyness of Clothes.
1827 Syd. Smith Let. Catholic Quest. in Wks. (1859) II. 120/1 Explaining away this sale of your soul by every species of falsehood, shabbiness, and equivocation.
1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory I. i. 3 In spite of..the shabbiness of her straw bonnet.
1899 A. Conan Doyle Duet (1909) 69/1 His occasional shabbiness in money matters.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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