sloven

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sloven

/ˈslʌvən/

Rhymes with -ʌvən

Where it comes from

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.

noun slovens

A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
Similar: cutterman
A low, base, lewd person. The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]
obsolete An immoral woman.

Similar: scruff, slob

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Similar: scruff, slob

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noun man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order

Русский	неря́ха nerjáxa, замара́шка zamaráška, грязну́ля grjaznúlja, растрёпа rastrjópa

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@misc{sloven_2026,
  title = {sloven},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sloven},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}