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slovenly

/ˈslʌvənli/SLUH-vuhn-lee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈslʌvənli/SLUH-vuhn-lee

Meaninglike a sloven

Common meaning: untidy and careless

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Journey through time

  1. Old Dutchslofsource
  2. Middle Englishsloveynsource
  3. Englishsloven‘an untidy person’
  4. Englishformed in English from slovenslovenly‘untidy and careless’ · 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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from sloven + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SLOVEN, p.564 · scan

Source words

  • slof Old Dutch · source word “a careless man”

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