Meaning

2 senses
  1. (derogatory)A slut, a sexually promiscuous woman.

    a dirty untidy woman

  2. (dated)One who is uncareful or unconcerned about appearance or surroundings, usually said of a dirty and untidy woman.

    неря́хаnerjáxa, замара́шкаzamaráška, грязну́ляgrjaznúlja

Translations

5 languages
Русский
dated: dirty and untidy woman:

Origin

Dating from the 17th century; related to slattering (“slovenly”), from the dialectal verb

Dating from the 17th century; related to slattering (“slovenly”), from the dialectal verb slatter (“to slop, to spill”).

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Forms

plural: slatterns
Singularslattern
Pluralslatterns

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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