Slowth vs Slewth - What's the difference?
slowth | slewth |
(archaic)
* (rfdate) George Washington, The writings of George Washington :
* (rfdate) Thomas Jefferson, J. Jefferson Looney, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series (2011 edition)
Slow economic growth.
* 1980', Martin Kupferman, Maurice D. Levi, '''''Slowth , the changing economy and how you can successfully cope :
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The state or condition of being slow; slowness.
* 1966 , Flying Magazine:
* 1983 , High fidelity Musical America:
* 2006 , CPU speed: new computer necessary?:
As nouns the difference between slowth and slewth
is that slowth is alternative form of sloth while slewth is sloth; idleness.slowth
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) slouthe, slewthe, from (etyl) .Noun
(-)- [...] 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)
- [...] 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.
Etymology 2
Noun
(-)- Slowth lies behind the difficulties each of us faces in achieving the standard of living we desire.
Etymology 3
RecoinageNoun
(-)- 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.
- 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).
- The slowth may have been caused by various software issues rather than anything to do with hardware.
