SLEAZE

cheapness, tackiness, tat, sleaze

(noun) tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sleaze (countable and uncountable, plural sleazes)

(uncountable) Low moral standards.

(informal, countable) A person of low moral standards.

(informal, countable) A man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of causing disgust.

(informal, uncountable) sleazy material

Verb

sleaze (third-person singular simple present sleazes, present participle sleazing, simple past and past participle sleazed)

To act or progress in a sleazy manner.

To slander.

Anagrams

• leazes

Source: Wiktionary



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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