English-Thai Dictionary

slattern

N โสเภ ณี  sa-pea-ne

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SLATTERN

n.A woman who is negligent of her dress, or who suffers her clothes and furniture to be in disorder; one who is not neat and nice.

 

SLATTERN

v.i.To slattern away, to consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste.

 

SLATTERNLY

adv. Negligently; awkwardly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SLATTERN

SLATTERN Slat "tern, n.

 

Defn: A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

 

SLATTERN

SLATTERN Slat "tern, a.

 

Defn: Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny. "The slattern air. " Gay.

 

SLATTERN

SLATTERN Slat "tern, v. t.

 

Defn: To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away. [R.] Chesterfield.

 

SLATTERNLINESS

SLATTERNLINESS Slat "tern *li *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness; untidiness.

 

SLATTERNLY

SLATTERNLY Slat "tern *ly, a.

 

Defn: Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty. -- adv.

 

Defn: In a slatternly manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

slattern

slat tern |ˈslatərn ˈslædərn | ▶noun dated a dirty, untidy woman. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: related to slattering ‘slovenly, ’ from dialect slatter ‘to spill, slop, ’ frequentative of slat ‘strike, ’ of unknown origin.

 

slatternly

slat tern ly |ˈslatərnlē | ▶adjective dated (of a woman or her appearance ) dirty and untidy. DERIVATIVES slat tern li ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

slattern

slattern |ˈslat (ə )n | ▶noun dated a dirty, untidy woman. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: related to slattering ‘slovenly ’, from dialect slatter ‘to spill, slop ’, frequentative of slat ‘strike ’, of unknown origin.

 

slatternly

slat |tern ¦ly |ˈslatnli | ▶adjective dated (of a woman or her appearance ) dirty and untidy. DERIVATIVES slatternliness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

slatternly

slatternly adjective why would you bring that slatternly woman to our lovely dinner party? slovenly, untidy, messy, scruffy, unkempt, ill-groomed, disheveled, frowzy, bedraggled; informal raggedy, grubby, scuzzy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

slatternly

slatternly adjective a slatternly girl wearing cardigans and a thick scarf: slovenly, untidy, messy, scruffy, unkempt, ill-groomed, dishevelled, frowzy, blowsy; dirty, grubby; sluttish; N. Amer. informal raggedy; archaic draggle-tailed.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

slattern

slat tern /slǽtə r n |-t (ə )n /名詞 C ｟文 やや古 ｠(汚ならしく )だらしのない女 ; ふしだらな女 .

 

slatternly

sl á t tern ly 形容詞 副詞 だらしない [なく ]; ふしだらな [に ].sl á t tern li ness 名詞