sloven

[ sluhv-uh n ]

/ ˈslʌv ən /

a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.

a person who works, acts, speaks, etc., in a negligent, slipshod manner.

Origin of sloven

1400–50; late Middle English sloveyn, perhaps < Middle Dutch slof careless (Dutch slof careless, sloven to toil) + -inne feminine noun suffix

Keinohoomanawanui, a sloven, one persistently unclean, p. 88.

Hawaiian Folk Tales |Various
I was just finishing breakfast; I hadn't done my hair; if you must know, I was rather a sloven at that time.

The Tower of Oblivion |Oliver Onions
Then Kakuhihewa told them the whole story of the light seen in the mountains, and of the wishes of Kalelealuaka and the Sloven.

Hawaiian Folk Tales |Various
Johnson defended Kit Smart, the sloven, (mockery of a name,) having himself no great predilection for clean linen.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine--Volume 62, No. 386, December, 1847 |Various

In France, a knave is dressed like a fop; and in the northern countries, like a sloven.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling |Henry Fielding

sloven

/ (ˈslʌvən) /

a person who is habitually negligent in appearance, hygiene, or work

C15: probably related to Flemish sloef dirty, Dutch slof negligent