单词 | slumminess |
释义 | slumminessn. The state of being slummy. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > slum(s) > condition of slumminess1888 1888 W. Black Strange Adventures House-boat xxiv We had encountered next to nothing of the slumminess that is supposed to be characteristic of canals. 1926 A. Huxley Two or Three Graces 176 It was a slummy street... It was not hard to know where respectable slumminess ended and gay Bohemianism began. 1961 Guardian 29 Mar. 9/3 Being overcrowded does not necessarily imply slumminess. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1888 |
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