slaister

English edit

Etymology edit

(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 edit

slaister (uncountable)

(Scotland) mess
(Scotland) slovenly work

Verb edit

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

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

References edit

Scottish Language Dictionaries

Anagrams edit

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