squalor
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From the Latin squalor.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
squalor (plural squalors)
- Squalidness; foulness; filthiness; squalidity.
- 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.
Translations [edit]
squalidness
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References [edit]
- squalor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- squalor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
squālor (genitive squālōris); m, third declension
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | squālor | squālōrēs |
| genitive | squālōris | squālōrum |
| dative | squālōrī | squālōribus |
| accusative | squālōrem | squālōrēs |
| ablative | squālōre | squālōribus |
| vocative | squālor | squālōrēs |