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sluminess

sluminess is the alternative form of slumminess.

Meaning of slumminess

Noun

slumminess (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being slummy.
    • And when the job is done and the inhabitants are settled in their shined-up, painted-up and plumbered-up dwellings, it will be interesting and important to see what percentage of these places is kept by their occupants in that condition, and what percentage is allowed to sag swiftly back to...1965 February 4, “Block of Hope”, in Daily News, volume 46, number 192, New York, N.Y.: News Syndicate Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37, column 1

Origin of sluminess

From slummy + -ness.

Questions about sluminess

What is sluminess the alternative form of?
Sluminess is the alternative form of slumminess.

Words near sluminess in the dictionary

  1. slumgullions
  2. slumgum
  3. slumgums
  4. slumhood
  5. slumification
  6. sluminess
  7. slumism
  8. slumladies
  9. slumlady
  10. slumland
  11. slumlands

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