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Untidy; sluttish; slatternly. W. Irving.

UNTIDY
1. Unseasonable; untimely. "Untidy tales." Piers Plowman. 2. Not tidy or neat; slovenly. -- Un*ti"di*ly, adv. -- Un*ti"di*ness, n.
SLUTTISH
Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman. Why is thy lord so slutish, I thee pray. Chaucer. An air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer. Sir W. Scott. -- Slut"tish*ly,
SLATTERNLY
Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty. -- adv.
IRVINGITE
The common designation of one a sect founded by the Rev. Edward Irving , who call themselves the Catholic Apostolic Church. They are highly ritualistic in worship, have an elaborate hierarchy of apostles, prophets, etc., and look for the speedy
NIRVANA
In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism.
SIRVENTE
A peculiar species of poetry, for the most part devoted to moral and religious topics, and commonly satirical, -- often used by the troubadours of the Middle Ages. (more info) originally, the poem of, or concerning, a sirvent, fr. sirvent,
CLAIRVOYANCE
A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.
CLAIRVOYANT
Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.