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Definition of Sloven
1. Noun. A coarse obnoxious person.
Specialized synonyms: Litter Lout, Litterbug, Litterer, Slattern, Slovenly Woman, Slut, Trollop
Generic synonyms: Vulgarian
Derivative terms: Slovenly
Definition of Sloven
1. n. A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut.
Definition of Sloven
1. Noun. A man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order; -- the male equivalent of slattern, or slut; untidy, dirty. ¹
2. Noun. low, base, lewd ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) immoral woman ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sloven
1. a slovenly person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sloven
Literary usage of Sloven
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Der. sloven-ly, sloven-li-ness. SLOW, tardy, late, not ready. (E.) ME slow,
Wyclif, Mat. xxv. 26 ; slaw, Prompt. Parv. (where it has the sense of blunt, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"sloven!)-, but attempting tobe fine and showy. North. ... A sloven. Here/. FLUMP.
Flat. Also, to fall down heavily; a heavy fall. Var. dial. FLUNDER. ..."
3. The Craftsman by Nicholas Amhurst, Henry St. John Bolingbroke, William Pulteney Bath (1731)
"... fee this sloven-, before his was put to his Coach. sloven was accordingly
prodoc'd, to the great Surprize.of Mr. ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"... dar ty - paps, a dirty sloven. (2) ». A daub. CLARY, e. To make a loud shrill
noise ; to play on the clarion. ..."
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