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slattern

Meaningto slop about

Common meaning: an untidy, careless woman

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)sletia‘to splash, slop about’source
  2. Middle Englishslattensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto splash, slop about → an untidy, careless womanslattern‘an untidy, careless woman’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) sletia ‘to slop about’.

Roots

  • sletia Old Norse (Icelandic) “to slop about”

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