sluttishness

noun

Etymology

From Middle English sluttysshenes, slwttisnes, equivalent to sluttish + -ness.

  1. inherited from sluttysshenes

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being sluttish (dirty or untidy

    The state or quality of being sluttish (dirty or untidy; disorderly).

    • Well, praiſed be the Gods, for thy foulneſſe; ſluttiſhneſſe may come heereafter.
  2. The state or quality of being sluttish (like a slut

    The state or quality of being sluttish (like a slut; sexually promiscuous).

    • Before long, the wife begins to reveal her sluttishness and, by the time the play is over, she has arranged a satisfactory financial and sexual deal with her in-laws.
    • Far more in demand among the Toughs than I, Rammelkamp was an object of gossip and curiosity among the other boys, who occasionally made fun of his name but not his sluttishness. We once compared notes on our sexual initiations, […]

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