Definitions for slovens

slovens slov·en

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

Slovens is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in slovens (elnossv).

Definitions for slovens

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 slovens

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

Examples for slovens

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for slovens
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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