different between lowth vs slowth
lowth
English
Etymology
From low +? -th.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
lowth (uncountable)
- (Britain dialectal, Northern England) Lowness.
- 1843, Thomas Becon, John Ayre, The early works of Thomas Becon:
- "For I am sure that neither death nor life, neither angel nor rule, neither power, neither things present, neither things to come, neither height nor lowth, nor any other creature, shall lie able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
- 1843, Thomas Becon, John Ayre, The early works of Thomas Becon:
- (Britain dialectal) (in the plural) Lowlands.
Anagrams
- thowl
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slowth
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sl???/
- (US) IPA(key): /sl??/, /slo??/
- Rhymes: -???
Etymology 1
From Middle English slouthe, slewthe, from Old English sl?wþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþ? (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow +? -th. Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).
Noun
slowth (uncountable)
- (archaic) Alternative form of sloth
- October 15, 1777, George Washington, to Governor George Clinton
- […] but such was the reduced state of our Continental regiments, after the battle of Brandywine, and such the slowth and difficulty of procuring reinforcements of militia from the southward, […] (1890 edition)
- December 14, 1813, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Alexis Marie Rochon
- […] are so many and great, that it is wonderful to me, that in a course of 30 years, it is not yet brought into general use. it is one of the remarkable proofs of the slowth with which improvements in the arts & sciences advance.
- October 15, 1777, George Washington, to Governor George Clinton
Related terms
- sloth
Etymology 2
Blend of slow +? growth
Noun
slowth (uncountable)
- Slow economic growth.
- 1980, Martin Kupferman, Maurice D. Levi, Slowth, the changing economy and how you can successfully cope:
- Slowth lies behind the difficulties each of us faces in achieving the standard of living we desire.
- 1980, Martin Kupferman, Maurice D. Levi, Slowth, the changing economy and how you can successfully cope:
Etymology 3
Recoinage slow +? -th
Noun
slowth (uncountable)
- The state or condition of being slow; slowness.
- 1966, Flying Magazine:
- Good old-fashioned slowth is being looked at with new interest, as is exemplified by such old antiques as the old Douglas Skyraider. And, of course the helicopter, slowest of all, so slow you can easily make one go backwards.
- 1983, High fidelity Musical America:
- The tempo of the introduction, which Mahler has marked to be slow and dragging, is of the utmost "slowth" (if I may use such a word to denote the creepy, crawling atmosphere thus created).
- 2006, CPU speed: new computer necessary?:
- The slowth may have been caused by various software issues rather than anything to do with hardware.
- 1966, Flying Magazine:
Anagrams
- thowls
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