slov·en

(slŭv′ən)

One who is habitually careless in personal appearance or work.

[Middle English slovein, perhaps from Middle Flemish sloovin, a scold, gossip, from Middle Low German slôven, to dress carelessly; akin to Dutch sloof, untidy woman; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.]

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sloven

(ˈslʌvən)

a person who is habitually negligent in appearance, hygiene, or work

[C15: probably related to Flemish sloef dirty, Dutch slof negligent]

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slov•en

(ˈslʌv ən)

n.

1. a person who is habitually unclean or untidy in dress, appearance, or the like.

2. a person who works, acts, speaks, etc., in a negligent, slipshod manner.

[1400–50; late Middle English sloveyn, perhaps < Middle Dutch slof careless + -inne feminine n. suffix]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

sloven - a coarse obnoxious person

slob, slovenly person, pig

litter lout, litterbug, litterer - a person who litters public places with refuse

slovenly woman, trollop, slattern - a dirty untidy woman

vulgarian - a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)

Translations

λέτσος λετσούμπι

sloven

[ˈslʌvn] N (in appearance) → persona f desgarbada, persona f desaseada; (at work) → vago/a m/f

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sloven

n → Schlampe f (pej inf); (= man) → Schlamper m (inf)

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References in classic literature

In France, a knave is dressed like a fop; and in the northern countries, like a sloven. But human nature is everywhere the same, everywhere the object of detestation and scorn.

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Nothing must be sloven or slipshod; every door, every fence, must be kept in repair.

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His habit was very proper for a merry-andrew, being a dirty calico, with hanging sleeves, tassels, and cuts and slashes almost on every side: it covered a taffety vest, so greasy as to testify that his honour must be a most exquisite sloven. His horse was a poor, starved, hobbling creature, and two slaves followed him on foot to drive the poor creature along; he had a whip in his hand, and he belaboured the beast as fast about the head as his slaves did about the tail; and thus he rode by us, with about ten or twelve servants, going from the city to his country seat, about half a league before us.

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He had seen the sloven tilled decks and the savage-eyed crew.

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I could better eat with one who did not respect the truth or the laws than with a sloven and unpresentable person.

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"I would have made a point of not putting it on." But in any case he could not remain a cynic and a dirty sloven; he had no right to offend the feelings of others, especially when they were in need of his assistance and asking him to see them.

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A slouching, moody, drunken sloven, wasted by intemperance and vice, and with his matted hair and unshorn beard in wild disorder; but, with some traces on him, too, of having been a man of good proportion and good features in his youth.

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The 23-year-old has already experienced football on the continent with loan spells at Sloven Liberec and Hellas Verona.

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Joseph-Ogden), Lon Scheuerell (Orangeville) and Galen Sloven (Oblong).

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The Czech goalkeeper became the Buddies third signing of the window last week as he penned an 18-month deal from Sloven Liberec.

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People have already started to reconsider their sourcing arrangements," said Larry Sloven, who has been sourcing and manufacturing in China for three decades.

Trump says China to cut tariffs on U.S.-made autos after trade war truce