squalor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun sordid dirtiness
    sordidness; squalidness.

WordNet

Squa"lor noun
Etymology
L., fr. squalere to be foul or filthy.
Definitions
  1. Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.
    The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly the same aspect of squalor. Taylor.
    To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes. Dickens.

Webster 1913