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单词 slatternliness
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slatternlinessn.

Brit. /ˈslatnlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈslædərnlinᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: slatternly adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < slatternly adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier slatternness n.
The quality or fact of being slatternly; untidiness, slovenliness, dirtiness.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > [noun] > condition of
sluttinessc1450
sluttishness?c1475
slutnessa1500
slovenry1542
slutterya1586
slovenliness1599
Grobianism1609
slovenness1616
slatternness1745
slatternliness1796
slummockiness1877
draggle-tailedness1889
Schlamperei1917
1796 ‘M. Fitz John’ Joan! III. xii. 146 The utmost slatternliness of morning deshabille disgraced her person.
1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. vii. 126 Evidences that the esteem of a life is preferred to the slatternliness of the moment.
1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. xlviii. 373 [She] put down the deficiency to the charge of domestic slatternliness.
1934 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 Apr. 12/3 With water and soap, mops and brooms, paint and brushes,..the picture of drabness and slatternliness which Brisbane presents in so many places could be completely changed.
2007 L. Begley Matters of Honour (2008) 103 In my mother's case, it always seemed as though she had thrown on her clothes at the last minute, improvising the entire effect to include just a hint of slatternliness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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