sluttyadj.
/ˈslʌti/, U.S. /ˈslədi/ 1. Dirty, filthy, unclean; slovenly. Now dated and rare.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > [adjective]
sluttishc1405
sluttya1425
slut?a1513
drabbish1566
drabby1612
sordid1613
slithy1622
sleathy1652
slattering1673
slatternly1677
slattern1683
trapish1703
slammerkin1742
trolloping1770
unheppen1790
trollopy1800
slatternish1833
haveless1868
a1425 Daily Work (Arun.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 144 If þou gif a grete lord drink in a slutti [c1440 Thornton slutty] cup..him wold wlat þer-with, & bid do it awai.
?c1500 in G. F. Warner & J. P. Gilson Catal. Western MSS in Old Royal & King's Coll. (1921) II. 18/1 We had a fole slutty kechyn for owr scole, but now we be prouydyd of a place a lityl more honest.
1683 R. Dixon Canidia vi. 22 Witches, you know, use to be slutty.
1883 J. S. Blackie Let. 5 Oct. in Lett. to Wife (1909) 315 At Limerick I had only time for breakfast—amid a slutty and uncomfortable environment.
1897 G. Ford Larramys 101 You'm a slutty, poor varmer,..sure 'nough.
1931 Labor Age June 23/3 The women are slutty and brown-stained from excessive indulgence in snuff.
2019 @barbapple 14 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 14 Aug. 2019) I wouldn't want to use her bathroom if she's scraping mould off jam—sounds like slutty housekeeping to me.
2. Esp. of a woman or a woman's behaviour, clothing, etc.: sexually promiscuous or provocative, esp. in a manner regarded as vulgar or distasteful. Cf. tarty adj.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > causing sexual excitement or desire > specifically of a woman
lush1891
sexy1912
slutty1912
foxy1913
leggy1927
floozy?1930
sultry1940
nubile1944
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > promiscuous
harlotry1579
light o' love1589
trolloping1701
promiscuous1804
wutless1853
slutty1912
make-out1949
slack1951
swinging1964
bed-hopping1979
bonking1987
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > unchaste or sexually compliant (of women) > relating to
harlot1574
harlotry1579
queanish1596
slutty1912
tarty1918
tartish1929
1912 C. O'Riordan His Majesty's Pleasure i, in Irish Rev. Sept. 365 The slutty Princess from Paris... She that was the King's..I don't know what.
1953 J. MacDonald Soft Touch x. 112 You've got to stop being all funny and shy with me, Jerry. It makes me feel slutty.
1970 Times Feb. 20 8/6 He is within an ace of seeing the real interest of his subject: the daughter of the slutty neighbour..nostalgically regrets the passing of the really frightening father.
1994 C. Paglia Vamps & Tramps 150 Amy Fisher, in her personal style—a kind of slutty, trashy shopping-mall style—absolutely embodies the American version of Lolita.
2001 Star 6 Jan. 61/2 There's a fine line between sexy and slutty and I don't want to cross that line.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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