slur
[ slur ]
/ slɜr /
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verb (used with object), slurred, slur·ring.
verb (used without object), slurred, slur·ring.
to read, speak, or sing hurriedly and carelessly.
noun
SYNONYMS FOR slur
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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?
First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.
First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.
First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.
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First recorded in 1595–1605; of multiple origins; in the sense “pass over without due consideration,” compare Low German slurren “to shuffle,” Dutch sleuren “to trail, drag”; in the sense “blot or stain,” compare Middle Dutch slore (Dutch sloor ) “sluttish woman”
OTHER WORDS FROM slur
un·slurred, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for slur
slur
/ (slɜː) /
verb slurs, slurring or slurred (mainly tr)
noun
Word Origin for slur
C15: probably from Middle Low German; compare Middle Low German slūren to drag, trail, Middle Dutch sloren, Dutch sleuren
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