squalid en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈskwɒlɪd/
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin squālus Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin squālor Latin squāleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin squāliduslbor. English squalid Learned borrowing from Latin squālidus, from squālēre (“to be rough or dirty”).
Meanings
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Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
[...] Mythologists describe Pan the son of Mercury (who was the God of Speech) with the upper part like a man, and the lower like a beast, to signifie that Truth is fair and comely, but a Lye squalid and Deformed.
1686, The Refin'd Courtier, or a Correction of several indecencies crept into civil conversation., London: Matthew Gilliflower:
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Showing or characterized by a contemptible lack of moral standards.
Minister, I hardly think that we can exploit our Sovereign by involving her in some might call a squalid vote-grubbing exercise.
1980 March 3, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Official Visit”, in Yes, Minister, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):a squalid attempt to buy votes
[A] demon is just what we’ve been needing for a long, long time for our squalid affairs, to gratify our squalid desires, the sort of demon, of course, who can be persuaded to believe that he is the demon who will take all our own demoniacality on his shoulders, an Antichrist bearing the Iron Cross, and will not insolently slip through our fingers to string himself up before time, as [Nikolai] Stavrogin did.
2004, Imre Kertész, translated by Tim Wilkinson, Kaddish for an Unborn Child […], New York, N.Y.: Vintage International, →ISBN, page 39:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| squalider | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| squalidest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
squalidness · squalidity · squalidly · unsqualid
Translations (57)
ca brut (extremely dirty) · cmn 污穢的 /污秽的 (extremely dirty) · fr sordide (extremely dirty) · cs nechutný (showing lack of moral standards) · ca llord (extremely dirty) · nl vies (extremely dirty) · cmn 卑鄙的 (showing lack of moral standards) · cs špinavý (extremely dirty) · cmn 骯髒的 /肮脏的 (extremely dirty) · it squallido (showing lack of moral standards) · mk ва́лкан (extremely dirty) · nb skitten (extremely dirty) · es sórdido (showing lack of moral standards) · ru гря́зный (extremely dirty) · fi rähjäinen (extremely dirty) · tr rezil (showing lack of moral standards) · cs hnusný (showing lack of moral standards) · la squālidus (extremely dirty) · es escuálido (extremely dirty) · fi likainen (showing lack of moral standards) · cs odporný (showing lack of moral standards) · nl vuil (extremely dirty) · es mugriento (extremely dirty) · mi poke (extremely dirty) · mi hawa (extremely dirty) · es cochambroso (extremely dirty) · mi poke (showing lack of moral standards) · fi alhainen (showing lack of moral standards) · nl smerig (extremely dirty) · fi likainen (extremely dirty) · es vil (extremely dirty) · mk бе́ден (showing lack of moral standards) · bg подъл (showing lack of moral standards) · ca immund (extremely dirty) · ru по́длый (showing lack of moral standards) · mk по́дол (showing lack of moral standards) · nb skitten (showing lack of moral standards) · ru ни́зкий (showing lack of moral standards) · su ledrek (extremely dirty) · pt imundo (extremely dirty) · grc πιναρός (extremely dirty) · es mugroso (extremely dirty) · eo mizera (extremely dirty) · nb sjofel (showing lack of moral standards) · cs špinavý (showing lack of moral standards) · cmn 醜惡的 /丑恶的 (showing lack of moral standards) · bg мръсен (extremely dirty) · fr dégueulasse (extremely dirty) · bg долен (showing lack of moral standards) · pt esquálido (extremely dirty) · fi surkea (extremely dirty) · mi waikorohuhō (extremely dirty) · ro murdar (extremely dirty) · es inmundo (extremely dirty) · eo mizera (showing lack of moral standards) · bg мизерен (extremely dirty) · it squallido (extremely dirty)