sluttishness

English

Etymology

From sluttish +‎ -ness.

Noun

sluttishness (plural sluttishnesses)

1. The state or quality of being sluttish.
   • c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 198, column 1:

     Well, praiſed be the Gods, for thy foulneſſe; ſluttiſhneſſe may come heereafter.