Sluttish

Origin

slut + -ish

Full definition of sluttish

Adjective

1. (vulgar) Like a slut; sexually promiscuous.
2. (chiefly dated) Dirty or untidy; disorderly.
• 1815 (1823 reprint), Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, in the Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverly, volume 3:... an air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer.
• 1996 February 7, Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary (http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/bridget-joness-diary-1317699.html, accessed 2009-08-03), in The Independent (London):"Check plates and cutlery for tell-tale signs of sluttish washing up ..."

Synonyms

• slatternly

Derived terms

• sluttishly
• sluttishness

Synonyms

• slutty