squalor

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From the Latin squalere (to be foul or filthy).

[edit] Noun

Singular
squalor

Plural
squalors

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.

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