sloven

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈslʌvən/

Definition of sloven

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
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noun

  1. A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
  2. A low, base, lewd person.
    “The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]”
  3. (obsolete)An immoral woman.

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Etymology

From Middle English sloveyn, from Middle Flemish sloovin (“a scold”). Related to Middle Dutch sloef (“untidy, shabby”), from Proto-Germanic *slup- + Old French -ain, from Latin -anus.

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