sloven

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
  2. A low, base, lewd person.
    — The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]
    The foullest sloven under heaven, / Proud, peevish, lither, and lewd, / Malapert, meddler, nothing well thewed, […]
  3. An immoral woman. obsolete

词形变化

slovens plural

词汇关系

近义词
scruff slob
衍生词
slovenlike slovenliness slovenly slovenness slovenry

词源

From Middle English sloveyn, from Middle Flemish sloovin (“a scold”). Related to Middle Dutch sloef (“untidy, shabby”), from Proto-Germanic *slup- + Old French -ain, from Latin -ānus.
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