Complete Definition of "squalor"

English

Etymology
From the Latin squalere, "to be foul or filthy".

Noun
squalor

  1. squalidness|Squalidness; foulness; filthiness; squalidity.

Quotations
The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor. -- Taylor
To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes. -- Dickens

  • Dickens also used the term to refer to those living in Squalor, such as those in the slums.

Translations
Finnish: surkeus, kurjuus

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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