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/ˈslʌvən/ · noun
A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut..
The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]
Use sloven when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sloven means A habitually dirty or untidy man or boy; the male equivalent of slattern, or slut..
Common synonyms include cutterman, scruff, slob, pig.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]
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