Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6914 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sluggishnessluggishness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 151 times in 78 works
Consistency: 100% (151 of 151)
Reach if approved: ~159 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sluggishness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 151 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (151 changes in 78 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 151)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… lesse then oure owne, I can none otherwise then reproue and accuse myne own sluggishnessluggishness, whyche almooste these fyue yeres past haue omitted my butye towarde my neyghboures, not …
With rule
… lesse then oure owne, I can none otherwise then reproue and accuse myne own sluggishnessluggishness, whyche almooste these fyue yeres past haue omitted my butye towarde my neyghboures, not …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader
Printed
… grace, that no man attayneth to that grace, which is in chriſt Ieſus, by ſluggiſhnessluggishness and ſleeping. But by horrours of the conſcience, they paſſe to that heavenly joy …
With rule
… grace, that no man attayneth to that grace, which is in chriſt Ieſus, by ſluggiſhnessluggishness and ſleeping. But by horrours of the conſcience, they paſſe to that heavenly joy …
Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · p. 285 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the time of hearing the word, hee that would not bee troubled with ſuch ſluggiſhnessluggishness then muſt looke that hee doe vſe meate, and drinke, and ſleepe moderately in …
With rule
… the time of hearing the word, hee that would not bee troubled with ſuch ſluggiſhnessluggishness then muſt looke that hee doe vſe meate, and drinke, and ſleepe moderately in …
William Whately · The Redemption of Time 2 · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… exact diligence, a singular care and a painefull trauell. They are not purchased by sluggishnessluggishness, they will not giue vs leaue to employ our selues else-where, but they …
With rule
… exact diligence, a singular care and a painefull trauell. They are not purchased by sluggishnessluggishness, they will not giue vs leaue to employ our selues else-where, but they …
Robert Bruce · The Way to True Peace and Rest · p. 367 · Open in the reader
Printed
… taſte in this doctrine, but thinke it vnſauery, yet may not their dulnes or ſluggiſhnessluggishness make vs the more ſlouthfull: and therfore muſt we print deepely in our hartes …
With rule
… taſte in this doctrine, but thinke it vnſauery, yet may not their dulnes or ſluggiſhnessluggishness make vs the more ſlouthfull: and therfore muſt we print deepely in our hartes …
John Calvin · Commentary on Daniel · Open in the reader
Printed
… our ſelues, when wee ſee that Peter and others are ſo full of ſleepe & ſluggiſhnessluggishness, that all the admonitions and exhortations of Chriſt, could at that time do little …
With rule
… our ſelues, when wee ſee that Peter and others are ſo full of ſleepe & ſluggiſhnessluggishness, that all the admonitions and exhortations of Chriſt, could at that time do little …
Miles Coverdale · Fruitful Lessons Upon the Passion Burial Resurrection Ascension · Open in the reader
Printed
… one droppe of our bloud, let this teach vs to ſhake off ſloth and ſluggiſhnessluggishness in doing publicke duties for the good of our brethren, any man may ſee …
With rule
… one droppe of our bloud, let this teach vs to ſhake off ſloth and ſluggiſhnessluggishness in doing publicke duties for the good of our brethren, any man may ſee …
Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 336 · Open in the reader
Printed
… much blindnes in our minds, there is much rebellion in our affections, and great sluggishnessluggishness in our hearts, that without light we cannot tread in the right path; yea …
With rule
… much blindnes in our minds, there is much rebellion in our affections, and great sluggishnessluggishness in our hearts, that without light we cannot tread in the right path; yea …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 525 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.