sleazyadj.

Brit.

/ˈsliːzi/, U.S.

/ˈslizi/

Forms: α. 1600s sleasie, sleazie, 1600s–1700s sleasy (1800s dialect -ey), 1700s– sleazy (1800s dialect slazy). β. 1600s slezie, 1700s slesy, 1800s sleezy.

Etymology: Of uncertain origin; the evidence seems to be against any original connection with sleazy n.The modern dialect verb sleaze v., to wear badly, may be merely a back-formation from the adjective.

1. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough

unsmeetheOE

sharpc893

rowOE

reofOE

roughOE

unplaina1393

harsha1400

scrofc1400

stourc1400

ruggyc1405

asperous1547

harshy1582

shagged1589

horrid1590

unsmooth1598

gross1606

asperate1623

brute1627

scabbed1630

sleazy1644

rasping1656

scaber1657

asper1681

shaggy1693

gruff1697

grating1766

hackly1794

ruvid1837

scrubby1856

unkind1866

raspy1882

ruckly1923

sandpapery1957

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxiv. 288 Some drye partes of such liquors, are of themselues as it were hairy or sleasy, that is, haue litle downy partes, such as you see vpon the legges of flies.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2192/1 It smooths down the sleezy and fuzzy fibers of the twisted rope.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2207/1 Sleezy,..rough from projecting fibers, as yarn or twine made of inferior material.

a. Of textile fabrics or materials: Thin or flimsy in texture; having little substance or body.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [adjective] > thin, light, or delicate

lightc1230

small1473

cypress1530

sheer1565

sleazy1670

zephyr1809

slim1813

arachnean1854

spring weight1869

chiffon1890

frothy1901

α.

1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) (at cited word) Sleasie Holland, common people take to be all Holland, which is slight or ill-wrought.

1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 21 It..will not wear near so well.., by reason it is made of more sleasie thread than the former is.

1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. 258 'Tis a sleasy sort of stuff, but thickens and contracts by being well pressed on the sea~sand.

1757 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 424 They were presented each with a suit made of thin, sleazy cloth without lining.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Slazy, of loose and open texture, easily torn, and soon worn out.

1866 G. A. Sala Trip to Barbary 365 You know that Sleazy calico was made in a mill and by steam power.

1876 C. D. Warner Winter on Nile i. 20 Their one sleazy skirt giving little protection against the keen air.

β. 1670 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 15 The silke sleizie and not Naples, which will soone grow rough, gather dust and sullie.1706 E. Baynard Cold Baths (1709) ii. 376 A thin slesy Coat of Sarsenet.1856 Househ. Words 13 99 A sleezy, cobwebby, hairy genus of coverlets.1893 Mrs. T. Coke Gentlewoman at Home vii. 102 ‘Sleezy’ silks, wispy surahs, or cottony velvets.

b. transferred and figurative. Slight, flimsy, unsubstantial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial

thin?c1225

lighta1413

superficiala1425

sleevelessc1450

frivolous1549

frothy1593

windy1593

shallow1594

airy1600

ghostlessa1603

sleazy1648

tenuious1656

wishy-washy1693

gauzy1774

lathery1803

wish-washy1814

tenuousa1817

toy1821

flimsy1827

airy-fairy1857

facile1857

feeblish1882

popcorn1973

1648 N. Ward To Parl. at Westm. 26 Their vain, and sleasy opinions, about Religion.

1650 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) i. i. 2 I cannot well away with such sleazy stuff, with such cobweb-compositions.

1860 R. W. Emerson Power in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 72 You shall not conceal the sleezy, fraudulent, rotten hours you have slipped into the piece.

1880 R. D. Blackmore Erema xvi. 96 I have only to deal with very little things, sometimes too slim to handle well, and too sleezy to be woven.

c. Dilapidated, filthy, slatternly, squalid; sordid, depraved, disreputable, worthless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and mean

ungoderlyc1400

sluttish?1529

squalid1596

scrubbing1603

sordid1611

snotty1681

frowzy1710

grub1719

seedy1725

unkempt1838

grubby1844

crumby1859

ratty1867

scruffy1871

scrutty1914

scummy1932

ribby1936

raunchy1937

sleazy1941

scroungy1948

manky1958

skanky1963

grungy1965

scungy1966

scuzzy1969

scrungy1974

skeevy1976

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > resulting from neglect

rusty-dusty1558

fusty1609

musty-fusty1857

cobwebbed1905

sleazy1941

tatty1956

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > morally sordid

sordidous1602

sordid1636

seedy1725

sleazy1941

sleazoid1976

1941 J. Faulkner Men Working i. 31 Gwendolin..had been hanging on to her dress and peering around her wide sleazy hips.

1941 W. A. Percy Lanterns on Levee x. 111 I was always happening on a Hermaphrodite, in some discreet alcove, and I would examine the sleazy mock~modest little monster.

1946 ‘P. Quentin’ Puzzle for Fiends 248 Her glamour dissolved... Suddenly Selena seemed sleazy.

1951 S. Kaye-Smith Mrs. Gailey iv. xvi. 211 In her now was a real distaste for the sleazy comforts of Mrs Turner's kitchen.

1956 L. McIntosh Oxf. Folly viii. 128 Beyond it was the cemetery and some sleazy suburb whose name Adrian did not know.

1958 Punch 27 Aug. 286/2 A kind of sleazy, leering sex for its own sake.

1959 F. Usher Death in Error x. 145 I've seen all the sleasy joints of Paris.

1966 Listener 30 June 947/2 He scratches a middle-aged living in Paris as a gigolo in a sleazy night club.

1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 46 Some sleezy and probably malevolent god.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 1 May 19/1 The methods used to slur the innocent grew sleazier.

1977 Listener 3 Mar. 282/1 The entrance of Salomé is greeted by the world's sleeziest tune, ‘La Paloma’.

1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion i. iv. 42 Scollay Square, an area that was sleazy, neon lit, and disreputable.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sleazy
释义	† sleazyn. Forms: In 1600s Sleasie, 1700s Slesey. Etymology: Abbreviated < Silesia n. Obsolete. rare. = Silesia n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > cotton or linen > thin or fine sleazy1670 batiste1697 Silesia1727 1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) at Sleasie Holland That only is properly Sleasie or Silesia Linen cloth, which is made in [and] Comes from the Country Silesia in Germany. 1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 36 I shall now begin according to my promise to treat of Sleasie Lawns, it being a very useful Linnen here with us, it takes its name from a town called Slesia in Hamborough, and not for its wearing Sleasie, as a great many do imagine. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4226/4 8 Pieces of Norwich Druggit,..4 Pieces of Hambrough Cloth, 1 Piece of Slesey. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). sleazyadj. Brit. /ˈsliːzi/, U.S. /ˈslizi/ Forms: α. 1600s sleasie, sleazie, 1600s–1700s sleasy (1800s dialect -ey), 1700s– sleazy (1800s dialect slazy). β. 1600s slezie, 1700s slesy, 1800s sleezy. Etymology: Of uncertain origin; the evidence seems to be against any original connection with sleazy n.The modern dialect verb sleaze v., to wear badly, may be merely a back-formation from the adjective. 1. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough unsmeetheOE sharpc893 rowOE reofOE roughOE unplaina1393 harsha1400 scrofc1400 stourc1400 ruggyc1405 asperous1547 harshy1582 shagged1589 horrid1590 unsmooth1598 gross1606 asperate1623 brute1627 scabbed1630 sleazy1644 rasping1656 scaber1657 asper1681 shaggy1693 gruff1697 grating1766 hackly1794 ruvid1837 scrubby1856 unkind1866 raspy1882 ruckly1923 sandpapery1957 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxiv. 288 Some drye partes of such liquors, are of themselues as it were hairy or sleasy, that is, haue litle downy partes, such as you see vpon the legges of flies. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2192/1 It smooths down the sleezy and fuzzy fibers of the twisted rope. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2207/1 Sleezy,..rough from projecting fibers, as yarn or twine made of inferior material. 2. a. Of textile fabrics or materials: Thin or flimsy in texture; having little substance or body. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [adjective] > thin, light, or delicate lightc1230 small1473 cypress1530 sheer1565 sleazy1670 zephyr1809 slim1813 arachnean1854 spring weight1869 chiffon1890 frothy1901 α. 1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) (at cited word) Sleasie Holland, common people take to be all Holland, which is slight or ill-wrought. 1696 J. F. Merchant's Ware-house 21 It..will not wear near so well.., by reason it is made of more sleasie thread than the former is. 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. 258 'Tis a sleasy sort of stuff, but thickens and contracts by being well pressed on the sea~sand. 1757 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 424 They were presented each with a suit made of thin, sleazy cloth without lining. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Slazy, of loose and open texture, easily torn, and soon worn out. 1866 G. A. Sala Trip to Barbary 365 You know that Sleazy calico was made in a mill and by steam power. 1876 C. D. Warner Winter on Nile i. 20 Their one sleazy skirt giving little protection against the keen air. β. 1670 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 15 The silke sleizie and not Naples, which will soone grow rough, gather dust and sullie.1706 E. Baynard Cold Baths (1709) ii. 376 A thin slesy Coat of Sarsenet.1856 Househ. Words 13 99 A sleezy, cobwebby, hairy genus of coverlets.1893 Mrs. T. Coke Gentlewoman at Home vii. 102 ‘Sleezy’ silks, wispy surahs, or cottony velvets. b. transferred and figurative. Slight, flimsy, unsubstantial. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial thin?c1225 lighta1413 superficiala1425 sleevelessc1450 frivolous1549 frothy1593 windy1593 shallow1594 airy1600 ghostlessa1603 sleazy1648 tenuious1656 wishy-washy1693 gauzy1774 lathery1803 wish-washy1814 tenuousa1817 toy1821 flimsy1827 airy-fairy1857 facile1857 feeblish1882 popcorn1973 1648 N. Ward To Parl. at Westm. 26 Their vain, and sleasy opinions, about Religion. 1650 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) i. i. 2 I cannot well away with such sleazy stuff, with such cobweb-compositions. 1860 R. W. Emerson Power in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 72 You shall not conceal the sleezy, fraudulent, rotten hours you have slipped into the piece. 1880 R. D. Blackmore Erema xvi. 96 I have only to deal with very little things, sometimes too slim to handle well, and too sleezy to be woven. c. Dilapidated, filthy, slatternly, squalid; sordid, depraved, disreputable, worthless. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and mean ungoderlyc1400 sluttish?1529 squalid1596 scrubbing1603 sordid1611 snotty1681 frowzy1710 grub1719 seedy1725 unkempt1838 grubby1844 crumby1859 ratty1867 scruffy1871 scrutty1914 scummy1932 ribby1936 raunchy1937 sleazy1941 scroungy1948 manky1958 skanky1963 grungy1965 scungy1966 scuzzy1969 scrungy1974 skeevy1976 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > resulting from neglect rusty-dusty1558 fusty1609 musty-fusty1857 cobwebbed1905 sleazy1941 tatty1956 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adjective] > morally sordid sordidous1602 sordid1636 seedy1725 sleazy1941 sleazoid1976 1941 J. Faulkner Men Working i. 31 Gwendolin..had been hanging on to her dress and peering around her wide sleazy hips. 1941 W. A. Percy Lanterns on Levee x. 111 I was always happening on a Hermaphrodite, in some discreet alcove, and I would examine the sleazy mock~modest little monster. 1946 ‘P. Quentin’ Puzzle for Fiends 248 Her glamour dissolved... Suddenly Selena seemed sleazy. 1951 S. Kaye-Smith Mrs. Gailey iv. xvi. 211 In her now was a real distaste for the sleazy comforts of Mrs Turner's kitchen. 1956 L. McIntosh Oxf. Folly viii. 128 Beyond it was the cemetery and some sleazy suburb whose name Adrian did not know. 1958 Punch 27 Aug. 286/2 A kind of sleazy, leering sex for its own sake. 1959 F. Usher Death in Error x. 145 I've seen all the sleasy joints of Paris. 1966 Listener 30 June 947/2 He scratches a middle-aged living in Paris as a gigolo in a sleazy night club. 1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 46 Some sleezy and probably malevolent god. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 1 May 19/1 The methods used to slur the innocent grew sleazier. 1977 Listener 3 Mar. 282/1 The entrance of Salomé is greeted by the world's sleeziest tune, ‘La Paloma’. 1979 R. Jaffe Class Reunion i. iv. 42 Scollay Square, an area that was sleazy, neon lit, and disreputable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1670adj.1644
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† sleazyn.

sleazyadj.