unkemptitude

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English

Etymology

From unkempt +‎ -itude.

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Noun

unkemptitude (uncountable)

  1. (rare, nonstandard or humorous) The quality or state of being unkempt.
    • 1999, Robyn Annear, Nothing But Gold: The Diggers of 1852:
      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.
    • 1998 July 12, James Lileks, “Does an X mark your mosquito-bite spot?”, in Star-Tribune, Minneapolis, archived from the original on 9 April 2016:
      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 []
    • 2009 January 8, David Colman, “Splitting Hairs”, in New York Times:
      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.

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