cleanth
English
Etymology
From clean + -th, modelled after filth, health, wealth, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklenθ/
Noun
cleanth (uncountable)
- (rare, nonstandard) The condition or state of being clean; cleanliness
- 1924, Sherwood Anderson, A Story Teller's Story:
- "Cleanth and fresh air — that's what I believe in. Throw open the doors and the windows. Let's have some fresh air in here."
- 1983, Max Harris, The Unknown Great Australian and Other Psychobiographical Portraits:
- The Victorians didn't place the highest of priorities on cleanth, and Kingsley played no small part in proselytizing the cause of cleanliness as being part of the godliness business.
- 2001, Susannah Hagan, Taking Shape: A New Contract Between Architecture and Nature:
- 'Purity' and 'pollution', the results of 'good' and 'bad' practice respectively, connote spiritual cleanliness and uncleanliness as well as literal 'cleanth' and filth.
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Anagrams
- Chantel, lanceth