sluttish

adjective

slut·​tish -t|ish 

-t|, 

|ēsh

: having the characteristics of a slut : slovenly, disorderly

the servants awkward, sluttish, and slothful

—Tobias Smollett

his wife's careless tresses had sluttish charm

—Vera Caspary

sluttishly adverb

sluttishness noun

plural -es

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from slutte slut + -ish

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