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slowness

/ˈsləʊnəs/SLOH-nuhs
/ˈsloʊnəs/SLOH-nuhs

Meaningthe quality of being slow

Common meaning: lack of speed

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishslaw‘slow, inert, sluggish, slothful, torpid’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishslowsource
  3. Englishslow‘not quick’
  4. Englishformed in English from slowslowness‘lack of speed’ · 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 slow + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SLOW, p.564 · scan

Source words

  • slaw Old English · source word “sluggish, dull”

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