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slut

/sˈlʌt/SLUHT
/sˈlʌt/SLUHT

Meaninga heavy, loglike fellow

Common meaning: offensive term for a person, usually a woman, judged for sexual behaviour

Journey through time

  1. Old Norsesléttr‘a heavy, loglike fellow’source
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsa heavy, loglike fellow → untidy womanslutte‘untidy woman’source
  3. Englishslut‘offensive term for a person, usually a woman, judged for sexual behaviour’ · 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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old Norse sléttr ‘a heavy, loglike fellow’.

Roots

  • sléttr Old Norse “a heavy, loglike fellow”

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