sleuth

Meanings

• noun

  A person who investigates crimes or solves mysteries, especially by uncovering clues and gathering evidence.

  - "Sherlock Holmes is the most famous sleuth in literature."
  - "The sleuth discovered the thief's fingerprints at the scene of the crime."

• noun

  A person who diligently searches for or collects information.

  - "The librarian is a sleuth when it comes to finding information."
  - "The journalist is a sleuth, always digging up the truth."

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Synonyms

detective , dick , gumshoe , private eye , shadow , sloth , idleness , inertia , laziness , lethargy , sloth , slothfulness

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with sleuth
pooth , moot , shoot , foot , scoot , mute , coot

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Variants

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sleuth , sleuths , sleuthed , sleuthing , sleuthhound , sleuthhounds

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Etymology

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Old English sluth, from sluthian 'pursue, follow'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'sleuth' is derived from the Old English word 'sluth', which means 'pursue' or 'follow'.

2. The first detective story is believed to be Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue', published in 1841.

3. Sherlock Holmes was the first fictional character to use forensic science methods to solve crimes.

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Related Concepts

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1. Detective: A person who investigates crimes and gathers evidence to solve mysteries.

2. Mystery: A story or situation that is puzzling or difficult to understand and that usually involves a crime or hidden information.

3. Investigation: The act of gathering information about a matter in order to understand it fully.

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Culture

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The term 'sleuth' is most commonly associated with detective fiction and crime solving. The character of Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is perhaps the most famous sleuth in literature. The term has also been used more broadly to refer to anyone who diligently searches for information or solves mysteries.

How to Memorize "sleuth"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person wearing a detective's trench coat and hat, carrying a magnifying glass and investigating a crime scene.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'sleuth' with the image of Sherlock Holmes or other famous detectives.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Sherlock Holmes Is A Sleuth' to help remember the definition of the word.

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