SQUALOR

sordidness, squalor, squalidness

(noun) sordid dirtiness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

squalor (usually uncountable, plural squalors)

Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty

Synonyms: squalidness, foulness, filthiness, squalidity

Source: Wiktionary


Squa"lor, n. Etym: [L., fr. squalere to be foul or filthy.]

Definition: Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity. The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor. Taylor. To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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