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Webster 1913 Edition
Sluttish
Slut′tish
,Adj.
Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly;
as, a
. sluttish
womanWhy is thy lord so
slutish
, I thee pray. Chaucer.
An air of liberal, though
– sluttish
, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer. Sir W. Scott.
Slut′tish-ly
, adv.
Slut′tish-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sluttish
SLUT'TISH
,Adj.
1.
Not neat or cleanly; dirty; careless of dress and neatness; disorderly; as a sluttish woman.2.
Disorderly; dirty; as a sluttish dress.3.
Meretricious. [Little used.]Definition 2024
sluttish
sluttish
English
Adjective
sluttish (comparative more sluttish, superlative most sluttish)
- (vulgar) Like a ****; sexually promiscuous.
- (chiefly dated) Dirty or untidy; disorderly.
- 1815 (1823 reprint), Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, in the Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverly, volume 3:
- […] an air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer.
- 1996 February 7, Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary (, accessed 2009-08-03), in The Independent (London):
- "Check plates and cutlery for tell-tale signs of sluttish washing up […] "
- 1815 (1823 reprint), Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, in the Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverly, volume 3: