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slackness

/ˈslæknəs/SLAK-nuhs
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈslæknəs/SLAK-nuhs

Meaningbeing slack

Common meaning: looseness

Other meanings: lack of effort

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Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishsleacsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishslaksource
  3. Englishslack‘loose’
  4. Englishformed in English from slackslackness‘looseness’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from slack + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SLACK, p.559 · scan

Source words

  • sleac Old English · source word “lax, slow”

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