squalid
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin squalidus, from squalere (“to be rough or dirty”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
squalid (comparative squalider, superlative squalidest)
- Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
- 1686, The Refin'd Courtier, or a Correction of several indecencies crept into civil conversation., London: Matthew Gilliflower:
- [...] Mythologists describe Pan the son of Mercury (who was the God of Speech) with the upper part like a man, and the lower like a beast, to signifie that Truth is fair and comely, but a Lye squalid and Deformed.
- Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
- A squalid attempt to buy votes.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
extremely dirty
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showing lack of moral standards
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
squalid (plural squalids)
- (zoology) Any member of the family Squalidae of dogfish sharks.
- 2008, David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates, page 126:
- Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods […]
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