slut

1 of 2

noun

ˈslət 

plural sluts

1

disparaging + offensive : a promiscuous person : someone who has many sexual partners

—usually used of a woman

2

dated

a

chiefly British, disparaging : an unclean or slovenly woman : slattern

b

: an impudent girl : minx

sluttish

ˈslə-tish 

adjective

sluttishly adverb

sluttishness noun

slutty

ˈslə-tē 

adjective

sluttish

2 of 2

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

Noun

Middle English slutte

Adjective

Middle English, from slutte slut + -ish

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a