squalor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From the Latin squalere (“‘to be foul or filthy’”).

[edit] Noun

squalor (plural squalors)

1. Squalidness; foulness; filthiness; squalidity.

[edit] Quotations

• The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor. -- Taylor
• To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes. -- Dickens
  • Dickens also used the term to refer to those living in Squalor, such as those in the slums.

[edit] Translations

• Finnish: surkeus, kurjuus
• Spanish: miseria, vivir en miseria
• French: saleté repoussante, conditions misérables

[edit] References

• squalor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• squalor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913