Definitions for sloven

sloven slov·en

Spelling: [sluhv-uh n]
IPA: /ˈslʌv ən/

Sloven is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in sloven (elnosv).

Definitions for sloven

noun

  1. a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
  2. a person who works, acts, speaks, etc., in a negligent, slipshod manner.

Origin of sloven

1400-50; late Middle English sloveyn, perhaps Middle Dutch slof careless (Dutch slof careless, sloven to toil) + -inne feminine noun suffix

Examples for sloven

Nothing must be sloven or slipshod; every door, every fence, must be kept in repair.

Having been a coxcomb in his youth, Fox was now degenerating into the sloven.

A sloven, except on Sundays and courting-days, and then only clean on the outside.

The sloven becomes the bungler, and the bungler is on the high road to failure.

The obvious disadvantage is the encouragement it offers to the sloven.

To wit ‘a sloven’ and ‘a glutton’; Perhaps his weakness was Scotch Mutton.

He had seen the sloven tilled decks and the savage-eyed crew.

He is a sloven, indeed, who would crop his peach-orchard with grass or grain.

As to his being a sloven in dress, is that what they say about him?

The sloven and the dude are both slaves; but in different ways.

Word Value for sloven
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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