squalor
/skˈwɒlə/SKWO-lur
/skˈwɑlɚ/SKWAH-lur
Meaningdirt
Common meaning: dirty, wretched conditions
- squalto be rough, dirtyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1748 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
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
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin squāleō ‘to be rough, dirty’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry squāleō, p. 1748 · dictionary scan
Roots
- squāleō, -ēre Latin “to be rough, dirty”
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