slumminess en · NOUN
Etymology
From slummy + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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 slumminess.
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sluminess | alternative | lexicographic |