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sleaze
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sleaze has 1 sense
- sleaze(n = noun.attribute) cheapness, tackiness, tat - tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar; Array is a kind of tastelessness
Derived form adjective sleazy2
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sleaze, n. & v. colloq.
--n.
1 sleaziness.
2 a person of low moral standards.
--v.intr. move in a sleazy fashion.
--n.
1 sleaziness.
2 a person of low moral standards.
--v.intr. move in a sleazy fashion.
Etymology
back-form. f. SLEAZY
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