slentingadj.

Forms: Also 1600s slinting.

Etymology: < slent v.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslenting.

Oblique, indirect.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > vague or inexplicit

oblique?a1475

overthwart1545

indirect1584

slenting1642

undeterminate1649

vaguea1661

wide1662

indeterminate1773

unexplicit1775

nebulose1799

imprecise1805

misty1816

nebulous1817

inexplicit1827

fuzzy1937

soft-focused1942

wifty-wafty1943

1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. v. 66 Generally writing ingeniously, using sometimes slenting, seldome down-right railing.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) London 217 This if literally true, deserved a down-right (and not only so slenting a) mention.

1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 727 So by a slinting blow they hit God himself in contemning his Embassadour.

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

ˈslenting n.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [noun] > an oblique movement > causing

slentingc1400

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1160 Þer myȝt mon se, as þay slypte, slentyng of arwes.

单词	slenting
释义	slentingadj. Forms: Also 1600s slinting. Etymology: < slent v.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslenting. Oblique, indirect. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > vague or inexplicit oblique?a1475 overthwart1545 indirect1584 slenting1642 undeterminate1649 vaguea1661 wide1662 indeterminate1773 unexplicit1775 nebulose1799 imprecise1805 misty1816 nebulous1817 inexplicit1827 fuzzy1937 soft-focused1942 wifty-wafty1943 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. v. 66 Generally writing ingeniously, using sometimes slenting, seldome down-right railing. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) London 217 This if literally true, deserved a down-right (and not only so slenting a) mention. 1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 727 So by a slinting blow they hit God himself in contemning his Embassadour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). > as lemmas ˈslenting ˈslenting n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [noun] > an oblique movement > causing slentingc1400 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1160 Þer myȝt mon se, as þay slypte, slentyng of arwes. extracted from slentv.¹ < adj.1642 as lemmas
随便看	to sway the sceptre, the sword also to sway the sceptre, the sword by extension to sway the sceptre, the sword the diadem to sway the sceptre, the sword the rule to swear a blue streak to swear a law-borrows against to swear a lawborrows against to swear an oath to swear at to swear away to swear blind to swear by to swear by no beggars to swear by no bugs to swear down to swear for to swear in to swear like a lord to swear like a tinker to swear like a trooper to swear off to swear on to swear on a person's pantofle to swear on a person's pantofles to swear on a stack of bibles

slentingadj.

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