slickness

slickness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English slick
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English slickness

    From slick + -ness.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈslɪknɪs/
    • Rhymes: -ɪknɪs

    Noun

    slickness (plural slicknesses)

    1. The property of being slick.
      • 1959 June, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 408:
        The train was well filled, with quite an amount of intermediate business; but station staff and passengers alike seemed ready enough to "look lively", and the result was a general "slickness" in working that augers[sic] well for the future.
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