/sluv"euhn/ , n.
1. a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
2. a person who works, acts, speaks, etc., in a negligent, slipshod manner.
[ 1400-50; late ME sloveyn, perh. slof careless (D slof careless, sloven to toil) + - inne fem. n. suffix ]