slow-coachingn.

Brit.

/ˈsləʊˌkəʊtʃɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsloʊˌkoʊtʃɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: slowcoach n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < slowcoach n. + -ing suffix¹.

colloquial. Now rare.

The action or state of acting or moving slowly, idly, or indolently.In quot. 1837 probably with punning reference to the occupation of the person addressed, a coachman.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun]

slacknessc1000

hoolinessa1340

latesomeness1357

slothc1380

lateshipc1390

slownessa1398

lateliness?c1400

sluggednessc1425

slugginessc1450

sluggishnessc1450

tardityc1450

lenta1500

ignavy1543

retardance1550

lingering1570

tardiness1608

lentitude1623

languidness1634

tediousness1691

lentora1763

slow-coaching1837

snailishness1905

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness

slowness1357

sluggednessc1425

slugginessc1450

sluggishnessc1450

slowfulness1483

dullness1526

dumpishness1574

lumpishness1574

slow-coaching1837

logginess1924

1837 C. White Married Unmarried I. v. 146 That's proper slow coaching, old Muff... Tea! why, you might as well lap ditch-water.

1847 Caledonian Mercury 27 Sept. One monotonous routine of Government business absorbs the officials..; British officers are dispatched whenever there is a hitch, or slow coaching on the part of the Sikh notabilities, and the whipping in generally moves the state vehicles with surpassing quickness.

1850 Punch 3 Aug. 57/1 Lightly they reck through what troubles he's gone, And for his slow-coaching upbraid him.

1853 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship i, in Sharpe's London Mag. July 2/1 None of your old slow-coaching days for me; life's not long enough for dreaming.

1881 U.S. Med. Investigator 15 May 500 It took 2,200 years of the slow coaching of old medicine to develop Harvey and establish the circulation of the blood in the human organism.

1997 Times 5 July 46/5 Patience is a virtue..but only people who have spent prolonged periods in laid-back countries such as Fiji or Samoa can cope with this strange and wilful slow-coaching.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	slow-coaching
释义	slow-coachingn. Brit. /ˈsləʊˌkəʊtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsloʊˌkoʊtʃɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: slowcoach n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < slowcoach n. + -ing suffix¹. colloquial. Now rare. The action or state of acting or moving slowly, idly, or indolently.In quot. 1837 probably with punning reference to the occupation of the person addressed, a coachman. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun] slacknessc1000 hoolinessa1340 latesomeness1357 slothc1380 lateshipc1390 slownessa1398 lateliness?c1400 sluggednessc1425 slugginessc1450 sluggishnessc1450 tardityc1450 lenta1500 ignavy1543 retardance1550 lingering1570 tardiness1608 lentitude1623 languidness1634 tediousness1691 lentora1763 slow-coaching1837 snailishness1905 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > sluggishness or heaviness slowness1357 sluggednessc1425 slugginessc1450 sluggishnessc1450 slowfulness1483 dullness1526 dumpishness1574 lumpishness1574 slow-coaching1837 logginess1924 1837 C. White Married Unmarried I. v. 146 That's proper slow coaching, old Muff... Tea! why, you might as well lap ditch-water. 1847 Caledonian Mercury 27 Sept. One monotonous routine of Government business absorbs the officials..; British officers are dispatched whenever there is a hitch, or slow coaching on the part of the Sikh notabilities, and the whipping in generally moves the state vehicles with surpassing quickness. 1850 Punch 3 Aug. 57/1 Lightly they reck through what troubles he's gone, And for his slow-coaching upbraid him. 1853 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship i, in Sharpe's London Mag. July 2/1 None of your old slow-coaching days for me; life's not long enough for dreaming. 1881 U.S. Med. Investigator 15 May 500 It took 2,200 years of the slow coaching of old medicine to develop Harvey and establish the circulation of the blood in the human organism. 1997 Times 5 July 46/5 Patience is a virtue..but only people who have spent prolonged periods in laid-back countries such as Fiji or Samoa can cope with this strange and wilful slow-coaching. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1837
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