† slippernessn.
Obsolete.
Slipperiness, in literal or figurative senses.
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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
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
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > of persons
slippernessc1412
slipperiness1656
incalculability1873
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(b)1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) vii. l Also þe wombe is igreued wiþ slidernes and slipernes.1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xi. ii. 385 Wynde..wypyth of slyppernesse and vnclennesse.1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 37 I felle with slepernesse of the stayre.1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 24 Gourdes, by reason of the slypperness of their substance, lyghtly passe forth by the bealye.1610 Bible (Douay) II. Psalms xxxiv. 6 Let their way be made darkenesse and slippernes.a1000 in J. Stevenson Lat. Hymns Anglo-Saxon Church (1851) 36 Beon ut anydde..slipornysse.
1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 99 Writyng was ordeyned for slipernes of mynde.
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 941 I fynde schal as frendly slipirnesse As tho men now doon, whos frendeschipe is rote.
1533 T. More Apol. xlviii, in Wks. 925/1 Of a lightnesse of wit and slippernesse of tonge.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxciijv The disceiptefullnes, vncertentye, and slyppernes of woordly thynges.
1590 R. Greene Mourning Garment 50 All his affects are slippernes, and the effects ful of preiuditiall disparagement.
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