dead-beatism U.S. slang.
[f. dead beat n.2]
Worthlessness.
| 1869 J. H. Browne Great Metropolis 192, I have known men of fine talents..fall to the under plane of dead-beatism. 1882 Congress. Rec. 25 Jan. 615/1 [Are we] going to put a premium on judicial trumpery and dead-beatism? |