sluttish

English

Etymology

slut +‎ -ish

Adjective

sluttish (comparative more sluttish, superlative most sluttish)

1. (vulgar) Like a slut; sexually promiscuous.
2. (chiefly dated) Dirty or untidy; disorderly.
   • 1815 (1823 reprint), Walter Scott, Guy Mannering, in the Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverly, volume 3:

     […] an air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer.

   • 1934 George Orwell, Burmese Days:

     […] and it was dark and sluttish as all Burmese rooms are, though U Po Kyin had furnished it 'Ingaleik fashion' with a veneered sideboard and chairs […] "

   • 1996 February 7, Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary ([1], accessed 2009-08-03), in The Independent (London):

     "Check plates and cutlery for tell-tale signs of sluttish washing up […] "

Synonyms

• slatternly

Derived terms

• sluttishly
• sluttishness

Synonyms

• slutty