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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : skwol-id, skwaw-lid |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈskwɒl ɪd, ˈskwɔ lɪd |
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Définition of squalid
Origin :- 1590s, from Middle French squalide, from Latin squalidus "rough, coated with dirt, filthy," related to squales "filth," squalus "filthy," squalare "be covered with a rough, scaly layer, be coated with dirt, be filthy," of uncertain origin.
- adj poor, run-down
- It was a squalid hovel, and reeked of the earth out of which it was dug.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Thus the use of commodity, regarded by itself, is mean and squalid.
- Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I couldn't afford to die like a rat in a squalid hole like that.
- Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various
- Most of it is turgid, lumpy, fuzzy in texture, squalid in intellect.
- Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
- Staying hidden in that squalid room had made him wretched and homesick.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish
- Squalid intrigues are the shadow that I want to eliminate out of existence.
- Extract from : « Women's Wild Oats » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- Why had the Chinese water-jug gone from the squalid little wash-stand?
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1915 » by Various
- He found a squalid wine-shop in the quarter just below the Barbary Coast.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
- Squalid is no word for it; squalor is richness compared to this house.
- Extract from : « Hildegarde's Holiday » by Laura E. Richards
- The sun of humanity sent a few of its rays into the squalid Ghetto.
- Extract from : « Jewish Literature and Other Essays » by Gustav Karpeles
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