Wordwyrt

sloven

Meaninga careless man

Common meaning: an untidy person

Journey through time

  1. Old Dutchslofsource
  2. Middle Englishsloveynsource
  3. Englishsloven‘an untidy person’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old Dutch slof ‘a careless man’.

Roots

  • slof Old Dutch “a careless man”

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