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Definition of Sluttish
1. Adjective. Characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women.
Similar to: Untidy
Derivative terms: Slattern, Slattern, Slatternliness, Sluttishness
2. Adjective. Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior. "Wanton behavior"
Similar to: Unchaste
Derivative terms: Looseness, Promiscuity, Promiscuousness, Sluttishness, Wanton, Wantonness
Definition of Sluttish
1. a. Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman.
Definition of Sluttish
1. Adjective. (context: vulgar slang) Like a slut. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sluttish
1. slut [adj] - See also: slut
Medical Definition of Sluttish
1. Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman. "Why is thy lord so slutish, I thee pray." (Chaucer) "An air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer." (Sir W. Scott) Slut"tishly, Slut"tishness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sluttish
Literary usage of Sluttish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... and a maid besides was togither with them, nil raised ntid tattered, very
sluttish, and not much regarded b'litr, shee weaved that they ..."
2. A Narrative of the Captivity, Sufferings, and Removes, of Mrs. Mary by Mary White Rowlandson (1856)
"... dish I dipp'd the water with into the kettle of water which I brought, they
would say they would knock me down, for they said it was a sluttish trick. ..."
3. Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongueby Francis Grose, Pierce Egan by Francis Grose, Pierce Egan (1823)
"A beastly sluttish woman. Fuzz. To shuffle cards minutely ; also, to change the
pack. GAB, or GOB. The mouth. Gift of the gab ; a facility of speech, ..."
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