"sluttish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more sluttish [comparative], most sluttish [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English scluttish, slottesche, slottysch, sluttissche, sluttissh; equivalent to slut + -ish. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scluttish}} Middle English scluttish, {{suffix|en|slut|ish}} slut + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} sluttish (comparative more sluttish, superlative most sluttish)
  1. (vulgar) Like a slut; sexually promiscuous. Tags: vulgar
    Sense id: en-sluttish-en-adj-Q8HiHHwH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
  2. (chiefly dated) Dirty or untidy; disorderly. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-sluttish-en-adj-4ofctp~k
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: slatternly, slutty Derived forms: sluttishly, sluttishness

Alternative forms

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