sloven
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈslʌvən/
noun
Etymology: 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.
- A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
- A low, base, lewd person.
“The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]”
- An immoral woman.