slut

[ sluht ]

noun

1. Disparaging and Offensive. a person, especially a woman, who is sexually promiscuous.
2. Informal. a person with a seemingly insatiable but often undiscerning desire to do or have something specified: a book slut, reading five books at once.

   guilty of being a shoe slut;

   a book slut, reading five books at once.

3. Archaic.
   1. a prostitute; harlot.
   2. an immoral or dissolute woman.
   3. a dirty, slovenly woman.

slut

/ slʌt /

noun

1. derogatory.
   a dirty slatternly woman
2. derogatory.
   an immoral woman
3. archaic.
   a female dog

Derived Forms

• ˈsluttish, adjective
• ˈsluttishly, adverb
• ˈsluttishness, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of slut¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English slutte; compare dialectal slut “mud,” Norwegian (dialectal) slutr “sleet, impure liquid”

Word History and Origins

Origin of slut¹

C14: of unknown origin

Related Words

• tramp
• whore