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sluttishnesses

sluttishnesses is the plural of sluttishness.

Meaning of sluttishness

Noun

sluttishness (usually uncountable, plural sluttishnesses)

  1. (dated, usually) The state or quality of being sluttish (dirty or untidy; disorderly).
    • For my part I would rather counſell you to deſtroy your Rattes and Miſe with Traps, Banes, or Weeſels: for beſides the ſluttiſhneſſe ⁊ lothſomeneſſe of the Catte (you know what ſhe layes in the Malt heape) ſhe is moſt daungerous and pernicious among children, as I mee ſelf haue had good experience.1577, Conradus Heresbachius [i.e., Konrad Heresbach], compiler, “The Third Booke, of Feeding, Breeding, and Curing of Cattell”, in Barnabe Googe, transl., Fovre Bookes of Husbandry, […]: Conteyning...
  2. (usually, vulgar) 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.1971 May 19, George Oppenheimer, “Pinter’s homecoming”, in Newsday, volume 31, number 218, Garden City, N.Y.; Ronkonkoma, N.Y.: Newsday, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, part II, page 8 A

Questions about sluttishnesses

What is sluttishnesses the plural of?
Sluttishnesses is the plural of sluttishness.

Words near sluttishnesses in the dictionary

  1. slutting
  2. slutting it up
  3. sluttish
  4. sluttishly
  5. sluttishness
  6. sluttishnesses
  7. slutts
  8. slutty
  9. slutwad
  10. slutwads
  11. slutwaffle

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