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).

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.

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
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slentingadj.

> as lemmas