English
Etymology
From the Latin squalere, "to be foul or filthy".
Noun
squalor
- 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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