squalor

[ skwol-er, skwaw-ler ]
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noun
  1. the condition of being squalid; filth and misery.

Origin of squalor

1
1615–25; <Latin squālor dirtiness, equivalent to squāl(ēre) to be dirty, encrusted + -or-or1

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squalor

/ (ˈskwɒlə) /


noun
  1. the condition or quality of being squalid; disgusting dirt and filth

Origin of squalor

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C17: from Latin

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