SQUALOR

squalor. Squalor, n. nastiness, filthiness, coarseness, horror

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Squa″lor (skwā″lôr), n. [[L., fr. squalere to be foul or filthy.]] Squalidness; foulness; filthiness; squalidity. The heterogeneous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor. I. Taylor. To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes. Dickens.