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Definition of sloven in English: slovennoun ˈslʌv(ə)nˈsləvən dated A person who is habitually untidy or careless. Example sentencesExamples - Battered, weather-beaten taxis, driven by sloven drivers, their shirts unbuttoned, looking as weather-beaten as their vehicles.
- Yet Seibei is grave and self-possessed, not a sloven but a man committed to various duties-among them the care of his dotty mother and his two beloved children.
- I help the auctioneer, the sloven does not half know his business.
- He may have been king of the aesthetes and the quintessential dandy about town - but behind the bedroom door, Oscar Wilde lived the life of a careless sloven.
Origin Late 15th century (in the sense 'person with base manners'): perhaps from Flemish sloef 'dirty' or Dutch slof 'careless, negligent'. Rhymes coven, govern, misgovern, oven Definition of sloven in US English: slovennounˈsləvənˈsləvən dated A person who is habitually messy or careless. Example sentencesExamples - Battered, weather-beaten taxis, driven by sloven drivers, their shirts unbuttoned, looking as weather-beaten as their vehicles.
- Yet Seibei is grave and self-possessed, not a sloven but a man committed to various duties-among them the care of his dotty mother and his two beloved children.
- I help the auctioneer, the sloven does not half know his business.
- He may have been king of the aesthetes and the quintessential dandy about town - but behind the bedroom door, Oscar Wilde lived the life of a careless sloven.
Origin Late 15th century (in the sense ‘person with base manners’): perhaps from Flemish sloef ‘dirty’ or Dutch slof ‘careless, negligent’. |