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squal⋅id

  [skwol-id, skwaw-lid]
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–adjective
1. foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.
2. wretched; miserable; degraded; sordid.
Origin:
1585–95; < L squālidus dirty, equiv. to squāl(ēre) to be dirty, encrusted + -idus -id 4

Related forms:
squal⋅id⋅ly, adverb
squal⋅id⋅ness, squa⋅lid⋅i⋅ty  [skwo-lid-i-tee] , noun

Synonyms:
1. unclean. See dirty.
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squal·id   (skwŏl'ĭd)   
adj.  
  1. Dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care. See Synonyms at dirty.
  2. Morally repulsive; sordid: "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue, betrayal, and counterbetrayal" (W. Bruce Lincoln).

[Latin squālidus, from squālēre, to be filthy, from squālus, filthy.]
squal'id·ly adv., squal'id·ness, squa·lid'i·ty (skwŏ-lĭd'ĭ-tē) n.
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