Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleaze-merchant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables: sleaze-mer-chant
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A purveyor of sleaze; one who sells immoral material.

Example Sentences

"Though he can't deny that he deals mostly in the dirty laundry and tragic wreckage of once private lives, Colbert denies that he is a sleaze-merchant or ambulance chaser."

Etymology

From sleaze + merchant.

Inflected Forms

sleaze-merchants (plural)

Questions

What does sleaze-merchant mean?: A purveyor of sleaze; one who sells immoral material.
Where does sleaze-merchant come from?: From sleaze + merchant.

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