slut

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   offensive: a person, especially a woman, contemptuously judged to be sexually promiscuous

   The novel uses slut as a deliberately cruel insult rather than a neutral description.

2. 2
   noun

   dated: a dirty, untidy, or slovenly woman

   In older English, slut could refer to a woman considered careless or untidy.

From Middle English slutte or slute, 'a dirty or slovenly person, especially a woman; a maidservant,' probably related to words for mud, slush, or sleet. The later sexualized insult developed from the older disparaging sense. In modern use it is strongly offensive when applied to a person.

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