Slōv'en, n.

(slŭv'en, or slŭv'n, 58), n. [L. Ger. sluf, Prov. Ger. schluf or schluff, O. D. sloef, slow, squalid, negligent, N. D. slof, careless, negligent.] A man careless of his dress, or negligent of cleanliness; a man or boy habitually negligent of neatness and order.

He became a confirmed sloven. Macaulay.