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Latin
Etymology
From squāleō + -idus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
squālidus (feminine squālida, neuter squālidum); first/second-declension adjective
- stiff, rough
- dirty, foul, filthy, neglected, squalid
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “squalidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “squalidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- squalidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.