slipperinessn.

/ˈslɪpərɪnɪs/

Forms: Also 1500s slippri-, 1600s slypperi-, sliperi-, 1700s slipperyness.

Etymology: < slippery adj. + -ness suffix.

1. The quality or condition of being slippery, in literal senses:

a. Of substances, or of objects in respect of their surface.Formerly common of food liable to produce laxity of the bowels, or of the latter in a relaxed state.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > oiliness > lubricity or oiliness and slipperiness

slippernessa1000

slipperiness1562

slipperishness1598

lubricity1601

the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [noun] > slippery smoothness

slidderness971

slippernessa1000

slipperiness1562

glibness1611

slippiness1821

slideableness1886

1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 8^v, in 2nd Pt. Herball The slipperines of the stomack, whych maketh that it can not well holde any meat.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 115 They must be taken, by reason of the moysture and slipperinesse of their substance, before meat.

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. xviii. 796/1 It is a slippery thing, and cleanses and smooths the Passages from the Reins by its slipperyness.

1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. ii. 128 Few..can bear the Slipperiness, and violent Cholicks and Gripes, which it brings on.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Muræna The manner in which its slipperyness makes it roll about, and escape the catcher.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 233 The Englishman..takes hold of things by the right end, and there is no slipperiness in his grasp.

1859 M. I. O. Gascoigne Handbk. Turning (new ed.) 25 A little chalk..will give it a firmer hold, and prevent the slipperiness.

b. Of the ground or other footing. Also in figurative context.

ΚΠ

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 111 Scarce able to stand, by reason of the slipperinesse of the blood there shed vpon the pauement.

1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 86 That neither mice nor wild beasts could be able to climb up for slipperiness.

1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) III. 186 The great Danger that attends such a wooden Floor in its Slipperiness when wetted.

1754 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 127 A season in which horses cannot travel over the mountains on account of..slipperiness of the roads.

1836 Countess Granville Let. 29 Dec. (1894) II. 219 For years there has not been seen here such snow and slipperiness.

1860 W. White All round Wrekin 369 With the steepness and slipperiness of the turf from dry weather.

1872 Times 23 Oct. The slipperiness of the political ground upon which they have been trying to keep their footing.

a. Inclination to babble or talk. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun]

overspeecheOE

tongue-itch1540

multiloquy1542

long tongue1557

garrulity1581

slipperiness1589

polylogy1602

volubility1602

loquacity1603

lubricity1603

tonguiness1607

overspeakinga1610

talkativeness1609

philology1623

tongue-vice1628

glibness1633

futility1640

linguacity1656

garrulousness1727

linguosity1727

loquaciousness1727

multiloquiousness1727

jaw1748

multiloquence1760

flippancy1789

verbal diarrhoea1808

magpiety1832

big mouth1834

pleniloquence1838

chattiness1876

open-mouthedness1883

gabbiness1887

garrulance1890

irreticence1919

talkiness1934

ear-bashing1945

mee-mawing1974

1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Aii^v It is thought that one Pope or other, mistrusting the slipprines of my tounge, blest me into a stone to stoppe my mouth.

1674 Govt. Tongue 108 We do not only fall by the slipperiness of our tongues, but we deliberately discipline and train them to mischief.

b. The quality of being unreliable, shifty, insincere, or deceitful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun]

tergiversation1570

evasiona1616

slipperiness1656

lubricity1792

shiftiness1839

phenakisma1863

evasiveness1863

pussy-footedness1917

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > of persons

slippernessc1412

slipperiness1656

incalculability1873

1656 J. Trapp Comm. Eph. iv. 25 Shall we not abhor sleights and slipperiness in contracts and covenants?

1668 J. Flavell Saint Indeed 209 Tis the slipperiness of our hearts in reference to the word, that causes so many slips in our lives.

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel Pref. p. xc Our wantonness and slipperiness in matters of Doctrine.

1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 260 So prudential an indeterminateness and slipperiness.

1863 Sat. Rev. 606/1 They are conscious of illusion and slipperiness, of a sort of imposture.

1897 M. Oliphant W. Blackwood II. xxi. 357 Politicians..coming to shake their heads over the slipperiness of Peel.

a. Instability, uncertainty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > changeableness > [noun]

unstablenessc1340

varyingc1380

uncertaintyc1384

brotelnessc1386

were1390

instabilityc1422

bricklenessa1425

changeability?a1425

changeableness1447

vertibility1447

mutability?a1475

variableness?a1475

inconstance1509

mutationa1542

fickleness1548

variety1548

unconstancy1563

mobility1567

unstability1572

vicissitude1576

variousness1607

inconstancy1613

slipperinessa1618

alterableness1633

versatilousness1640

bottomlessness1642

lability1651

brittlety1652

versatileness1654

fluctuancy1659

fugitivenessa1661

alterability1661

permutability1662

unfixedness1668

mutablenessa1677

flittingnessa1680

frailness1687

flittiness1692

versability1721

plasticity1727

variability1771

unestablishment1776

fluctuabilitya1786

changefulness1791

unsettledness1799

versatility1802

harlequinism1808

fluidity1824

fitfulness1825

sensitiveness1825

insubstantiality1848

contingency1858

rootlessness1859

shiftingness1866

ficklety1888

variancy1888

impredicability1906

proteanism1909

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun]

unsadnessc1384

slipperness1401

slithernessa1492

untrust1563

lubricity1613

slipperinessa1618

fallacy1646

fallibleness1646

inevidence1658

undeterminationa1676

unevidencea1676

infidelity1777

untrustworthiness1808

unreliability1809

unreliableness1844

a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1661) 119 The gliding slipperinesse, and running streams of our uncertain life.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 227 To note the slipperiness of our times, where titles flow into one another, and lose their distinctions.

1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lxii. §613 Although by reason of the slipperiness of things our circumspection somtimes disappointeth us.

1781 W. Cowper Let. 21 Aug. (1979) I. 510 I experience as you do the Slipperiness of the present hour, and the rapidity with which time escapes me.

b. Aptness to slip or go wrong.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > liability to err

fallibility1608

slipperiness1612

fallacy1651

errableness1654

errability?1706

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 7 Young men for the slipperines of their age, need the benefit of good example.

c. Liability to be forgetful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > aptness to forget

slipperiness1665

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia Pref. sig. A2^v The slipperiness or delusion of our Memory.

a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1711) II. 231 Slipperiness in our memories; forgetting God's goodness to us.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	slipperiness
释义	slipperinessn. /ˈslɪpərɪnɪs/ Forms: Also 1500s slippri-, 1600s slypperi-, sliperi-, 1700s slipperyness. Etymology: < slippery adj. + -ness suffix. 1. The quality or condition of being slippery, in literal senses: a. Of substances, or of objects in respect of their surface.Formerly common of food liable to produce laxity of the bowels, or of the latter in a relaxed state. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > oiliness > lubricity or oiliness and slipperiness slippernessa1000 slipperiness1562 slipperishness1598 lubricity1601 the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [noun] > slippery smoothness slidderness971 slippernessa1000 slipperiness1562 glibness1611 slippiness1821 slideableness1886 1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 8^v, in 2nd Pt. Herball The slipperines of the stomack, whych maketh that it can not well holde any meat. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 115 They must be taken, by reason of the moysture and slipperinesse of their substance, before meat. 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. xviii. 796/1 It is a slippery thing, and cleanses and smooths the Passages from the Reins by its slipperyness. 1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. ii. 128 Few..can bear the Slipperiness, and violent Cholicks and Gripes, which it brings on. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Muræna The manner in which its slipperyness makes it roll about, and escape the catcher. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 233 The Englishman..takes hold of things by the right end, and there is no slipperiness in his grasp. 1859 M. I. O. Gascoigne Handbk. Turning (new ed.) 25 A little chalk..will give it a firmer hold, and prevent the slipperiness. b. Of the ground or other footing. Also in figurative context. ΚΠ 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 111 Scarce able to stand, by reason of the slipperinesse of the blood there shed vpon the pauement. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 86 That neither mice nor wild beasts could be able to climb up for slipperiness. 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) III. 186 The great Danger that attends such a wooden Floor in its Slipperiness when wetted. 1754 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 127 A season in which horses cannot travel over the mountains on account of..slipperiness of the roads. 1836 Countess Granville Let. 29 Dec. (1894) II. 219 For years there has not been seen here such snow and slipperiness. 1860 W. White All round Wrekin 369 With the steepness and slipperiness of the turf from dry weather. 1872 Times 23 Oct. The slipperiness of the political ground upon which they have been trying to keep their footing. 2. a. Inclination to babble or talk. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] overspeecheOE tongue-itch1540 multiloquy1542 long tongue1557 garrulity1581 slipperiness1589 polylogy1602 volubility1602 loquacity1603 lubricity1603 tonguiness1607 overspeakinga1610 talkativeness1609 philology1623 tongue-vice1628 glibness1633 futility1640 linguacity1656 garrulousness1727 linguosity1727 loquaciousness1727 multiloquiousness1727 jaw1748 multiloquence1760 flippancy1789 verbal diarrhoea1808 magpiety1832 big mouth1834 pleniloquence1838 chattiness1876 open-mouthedness1883 gabbiness1887 garrulance1890 irreticence1919 talkiness1934 ear-bashing1945 mee-mawing1974 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Aii^v It is thought that one Pope or other, mistrusting the slipprines of my tounge, blest me into a stone to stoppe my mouth. 1674 Govt. Tongue 108 We do not only fall by the slipperiness of our tongues, but we deliberately discipline and train them to mischief. b. The quality of being unreliable, shifty, insincere, or deceitful. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] tergiversation1570 evasiona1616 slipperiness1656 lubricity1792 shiftiness1839 phenakisma1863 evasiveness1863 pussy-footedness1917 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > of persons slippernessc1412 slipperiness1656 incalculability1873 1656 J. Trapp Comm. Eph. iv. 25 Shall we not abhor sleights and slipperiness in contracts and covenants? 1668 J. Flavell Saint Indeed 209 Tis the slipperiness of our hearts in reference to the word, that causes so many slips in our lives. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel Pref. p. xc Our wantonness and slipperiness in matters of Doctrine. 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 260 So prudential an indeterminateness and slipperiness. 1863 Sat. Rev. 606/1 They are conscious of illusion and slipperiness, of a sort of imposture. 1897 M. Oliphant W. Blackwood II. xxi. 357 Politicians..coming to shake their heads over the slipperiness of Peel. 3. a. Instability, uncertainty. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > [noun] unstablenessc1340 varyingc1380 uncertaintyc1384 brotelnessc1386 were1390 instabilityc1422 bricklenessa1425 changeability?a1425 changeableness1447 vertibility1447 mutability?a1475 variableness?a1475 inconstance1509 mutationa1542 fickleness1548 variety1548 unconstancy1563 mobility1567 unstability1572 vicissitude1576 variousness1607 inconstancy1613 slipperinessa1618 alterableness1633 versatilousness1640 bottomlessness1642 lability1651 brittlety1652 versatileness1654 fluctuancy1659 fugitivenessa1661 alterability1661 permutability1662 unfixedness1668 mutablenessa1677 flittingnessa1680 frailness1687 flittiness1692 versability1721 plasticity1727 variability1771 unestablishment1776 fluctuabilitya1786 changefulness1791 unsettledness1799 versatility1802 harlequinism1808 fluidity1824 fitfulness1825 sensitiveness1825 insubstantiality1848 contingency1858 rootlessness1859 shiftingness1866 ficklety1888 variancy1888 impredicability1906 proteanism1909 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] unsadnessc1384 slipperness1401 slithernessa1492 untrust1563 lubricity1613 slipperinessa1618 fallacy1646 fallibleness1646 inevidence1658 undeterminationa1676 unevidencea1676 infidelity1777 untrustworthiness1808 unreliability1809 unreliableness1844 a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1661) 119 The gliding slipperinesse, and running streams of our uncertain life. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 227 To note the slipperiness of our times, where titles flow into one another, and lose their distinctions. 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lxii. §613 Although by reason of the slipperiness of things our circumspection somtimes disappointeth us. 1781 W. Cowper Let. 21 Aug. (1979) I. 510 I experience as you do the Slipperiness of the present hour, and the rapidity with which time escapes me. b. Aptness to slip or go wrong. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > liability to err fallibility1608 slipperiness1612 fallacy1651 errableness1654 errability?1706 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus ii. 7 Young men for the slipperines of their age, need the benefit of good example. c. Liability to be forgetful. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > aptness to forget slipperiness1665 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia Pref. sig. A2^v The slipperiness or delusion of our Memory. a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1711) II. 231 Slipperiness in our memories; forgetting God's goodness to us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1562
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