unkemptitude en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English unkempt Latin -tūdō Middle French -itudebor. English -itude English unkemptitude From unkempt + -itude.
Meanings
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(humorous, nonstandard, rare, uncountable) The quality or state of being unkempt.
Frank Hobson (who at home wore his hair with a part of surgical precision and had his trousers pressed daily with a damp cloth) found something liberating in his unkemptitude.
1999, Robyn Annear, Nothing But Gold: The Diggers of 1852:It's almost as if my parents knew the age of unkemptitude was en route, and wanted to see as much of my skull as possible before it disappeared […]
1998 July 12, James Lileks, “Does an X mark your mosquito-bite spot?”, in Star-Tribune, Minneapolis, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2016:Jason Lee's facial hair styling in "My Name Is Earl" may be on the extreme side, but it conveys the idea that unkemptitude is key.
2009 January 8, David Colman, “Splitting Hairs”, in New York Times: