SLOVEN

slob, sloven, pig, slovenly person

(noun) a coarse obnoxious person

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sloven (plural slovens)

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

A low, base, lewd person.

(obsolete) An immoral woman.

Synonyms

• (man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order): cutterman, scruff, slob; See also untidy person

• (immoral woman): See also promiscuous woman

Anagrams

• Lovens, novels

Source: Wiktionary


Slov"en, n. Etym: [D. slaf careless, negligent, a sloven; akin to LG. sluf slovenly.]

Definition: A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut. Pope. He became a confirmed sloven. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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