English
sluttish
Sluttish comes from Middle English scluttish.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500scluttish
- Englishearliest quotation 1815sluttish
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500scluttish
- Englishearliest quotation 1815sluttish
Earliest quotation: 1815, Walter Scott, Guy Mannering; or: “[…] an air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated…”
Every English word from Middle English scluttish
Today it means
adj Like a slut; sexually promiscuous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English scluttish / sluttish