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单词 sluttishness
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sluttishnessn.

Brit. /ˈslʌtᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈslədᵻʃnᵻs/
Forms: see sluttish adj. and -ness suffix. Also Middle English slwttisnes, 1500s scluttishnes.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sluttish adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < sluttish adj. + -ness suffix. Compare slutness n. and earlier sluttiness n.
1. Dirtiness, slovenliness, untidiness. Now somewhat dated.
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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
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > untidiness > [noun] > personal untidiness
sluttinessc1450
sluttishness?c1475
Grobianism1609
dishevelment1837
dishevelledness1889
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 116 Slwttisnes vbi fowlnes.
c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica v. 385 He shold haue delyte to..walowe in the myre of sluttysshenes.
?a1500 Court of Love (Trin. Cambr. R.3.19) l. 472 in K. Forni Chaucerian Apocrypha (2005) That thow eschewe With sluttishnesse thyself forto offend.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Pet. i. f. iiv Which can neither be corrupted with death..ne yet fade away by age or sluttishnes.
1600 N. Breton Pasquils Fooles-cap (rev. ed.) sig. Cv Shee that is giuen to Ease and Sluttishnesse, And trifles out the time in Trompery.
a1659 R. Brownrig 65 Serm. (1674) I. xxx. 382 Christ compares an Hypocrite to a piece of sluttishness.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xxxviii. 16 She neglects her person even to a degree of sluttishness.
1776 Euphrosyne I. 18 My study is, I must confess The sacred shrine of sluttishness.
1889 R. L. Stevenson Edinburgh (new ed.) 37 Everywhere a pinching, narrow habit, scanty meals, and an air of sluttishness and dirt.
2004 Good Housek. Oct. 15/2 I don't like mess or sluttishness around the house, though, because there's no need for it.
2. Sexually provocative or promiscuous behaviour, esp. in a woman.
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1945 Times 3 Dec. (Late London ed.) 6/1 Miss Googie Withers, as the publican's wife who removes her husband by strychnine, contributes a remarkable study in amorous and determined sluttishness.
1971 Des Moines (Iowa) Reg. 20 May 11/1 The wife begins to reveal her sluttishness and, by the time the play is over, she has arranged a satisfactory financial and sexual deal with her in-laws.
2000 G. Lambert Mainly about Lindsay Anderson ii. 13 Other boys..occasionally made fun of his name but not his sluttishness.
2003 J. Moore Ex Files 3 She still felt attracted to him, but her desire for him had been outweighed by pangs of guilt about her uncharacteristic sluttishness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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