Sloven

Origin

From Middle Flemish sloovin ("a scold") related to sloef ("untidy, shabby"), from Proto-Germanic *slup- + Old French suffix -ain, from Latin -anus Related to slob, slow, sloth, slush, slurp, sloof, slattern, and slut.

Full definition of sloven

Noun

1. A man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order; – the male equivalent of slattern, or slut; untidy, dirty.
2. low, base, lewd
3. (obsolete) immoral woman

Derived terms

• slovenliness
• slovenly
• slovenness

Anagrams

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