slur

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The 'progressives' always ready with the slur are their aiders and abettors in this dreadful, but well thought out, conspiracy to destroy international law.

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  1. transitive verb To pronounce indistinctly.
  2. transitive verb To talk about disparagingly or insultingly.
  3. transitive verb To pass over lightly or carelessly; treat without due consideration.
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  • His voice sank to a caressing slur, and a faraway look grew in his eyes, as if he looked back over the years to a scene which caused him intense pleasure. —  Red Nails
  • The 'progressives' always ready with the slur are their aiders and abettors in this dreadful, but well thought out, conspiracy to destroy international law. —  xymphora
  • Calling a self-loathing wingnut, you, a slur is all you've got? —  HorsesAss.Org
  • 36. ev-er and ev-er, for ev-er and D. To mark special note-groups (triplets, etc.), in which case the slur is accompanied by a figure indicating the number of notes in the group. —  Music Notation and Terminology
  • To mark special note-groups (triplets, etc.), in which case the slur is accompanied by a figure indicating the number of notes in the group. —  Music Notation and Terminology
 

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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Probably from Middle English sloor, mud.

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  1. from Middle English *slooren, *sloren (see the noun), apparently from Middle Dutch slooren, sleuren, drag, trail, do negligently or carelessly, = Low German sluren, hang loosely, be lazy, slüren, slören, trail, draggle, = Icelandic slōra, trail, = Swedish dial. slöra, be careless or negligent, slur over, = Norwegian störe, be negligent, sully; perhaps a contracted form of the freq. verb, Middle Dutch slodderen = Low German sludderen, hang loosely, be lazy, = Icelandic slodhra, drag or trail oneself along: see slodder, and cf. slotter and slut. Cf. also slur, n.
  2. from slur, v. In the sense of ‘spot, stain,’ the noun may be a particular use of slur, n.
  3. from Middle English sloor, slore, mud, clay (later sloryd, muddy); prob. connected with slur v., and ult. with slodder, sludder.
 

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