
Meaning of SQUALOR
| Pronunciation: | | 'skwâlur
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] sordid dirtiness |
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SQUALOR is a 7 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | sordidness, squalidness |
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| | See Also: | | dirtiness, uncleanness | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Squa"lor\, n. [L., fr. squalere to be foul or filthy.]
Squalidness; foulness; filthness; 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.
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