sloven
Meaning
- A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
- A low, base, lewd person.
- (obsolete) An immoral woman.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈslʌvən/
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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