/ ˈskwɒlə(r); NAmE ˈskwɑːl-/ noun
[ U ] dirty and unpleasant conditions :
the poverty and squalor of the slums
He had lost his job and was living in squalor .
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Latin , from squalere be dirty.
/ ˈskwɒlə(r); NAmE ˈskwɑːl-/ noun
[ U ] dirty and unpleasant conditions :
the poverty and squalor of the slums
He had lost his job and was living in squalor .
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Latin , from squalere be dirty.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005