ən noun
1.
a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
2.
a person who works, acts, speaks, etc., in a negligent, slipshod manner.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English sloveyn, perhaps < Middle Dutch slof careless (Dutch slof careless, sloven to toil) + -inne feminine noun suffix
1400–50; late Middle English sloveyn, perhaps < Middle Dutch slof careless (Dutch slof careless, sloven to toil) + -inne feminine noun suffix
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| —n | |
| a person who is habitually negligent in appearance, hygiene, or work | |
| [C15: probably related to Flemish sloef dirty, Dutch slof negligent] | |
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