sloven
/ˈslʌvən/
sloven noun: a habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
Noun
sloven (plural slovens)
- A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
- Synonyms:
- cutterman
- A low, base, lewd person.
- The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]a. 1530 (date written), John Skelton, “Poems against Garnesche. Skelton Laureate Defendar ageinst Lusty Garnyshe Well Beseen Crystofer Chalangar, et cetera.”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical...
- An immoral woman.
sloven meaning in Tamil and Urdu
sloven in Tamil
- அழுக்கன்
sloven in Urdu
- ڈھیلا
Synonyms of sloven
Forms of sloven
| plural | slovens |
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Origin of sloven
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.
Words formed from sloven
Words that rhyme with sloven
Questions about sloven
- What does sloven mean?
- Sloven means a habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut.
- What is sloven in Tamil?
- Sloven in Tamil is அழுக்கன். See Sloven meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sloven?
- Sloven is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sloven?
- Sloven is pronounced /ˈslʌvən/.
- What is the plural of sloven?
- The plural of sloven is slovens.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sloven (page history and authors); sloven (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sloven (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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