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Meaning of SQUALOR

Pronunciation:  'skwâlur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  sordid dirtiness
 
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 Synonyms: sordidness, squalidness
 
 See Also: dirtiness, uncleanness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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