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slabbiness

noun

Etymology

From slabby + -ness.

  1. derived from *(s)leyb-✻
  2. derived from *slaipaz✻
  3. derived from sleipr
  4. inherited from sclabbe
  5. formed as slabby — “slab + -y”
  6. suffixed as slabbiness — “slabby + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being slabby

    The quality of being slabby; sliminess, muddiness.

    • 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress, London: Nath. Ponder, Facsimile reproduction, London: Elliot Stock, 1875, Part 2, p. 183, The Way also was here very wearysom thorow Dirt and Slabbiness.

  2. The quality of being composed of or resembling slabs.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA