slaister

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably Swedish slaska, to dabble, slask, wet.”)

Noun

slaister (uncountable)

1. (Scotland) mess
2. (Scotland) slovenly work

Verb

slaister (third-person singular simple present slaisters, present participle slaistering, simple past and past participle slaistered)

1. (transitive, Scotland) To bedaub.
2. (intransitive, Scotland) To slabber.
3. (intransitive, Scotland) To move about in a dirty, slovenly manner.

References

• Scottish Language Dictionaries

Anagrams

• A-listers, Lasiters, Lassiter, Raelists, realists, saltiers, saltires