different between scoundrelly vs squalid

English

scoundrel +? -y

scoundrelly (comparative more scoundrelly, superlative most scoundrelly)

Borrowed from Latin squalidus, from squalere (“to be rough or dirty”).

squalid (comparative squalider, superlative squalidest)

Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
A squalid attempt to buy votes.

squalid (plural squalids)

(zoology) Any member of the family Squalidae of dogfish sharks.
- 2008, David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
  Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods […]

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