filth
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English filth, from Old English fȳlþ (“foulness, filth”), from Proto-Germanic *fūliþō (“foulness, filth”), from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz (“foul, corrupt, dirty, vile”), from Proto-Indo-European *pū- (“rottenness, pus”), equivalent to foul + -th. Cognate with Dutch vuilte (“filth”). More at foul.
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Noun[edit]
filth (usually uncountable, plural filths)
- Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
- Before we start cooking we need to clean up the filth in this kitchen.
- Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
- He spends all his time watching filth on pornographic websites.
- Tillotson
- to purify the soul from the dross and filth of sensual delights
- (Britain, pejorative, slang, with definite article) The police.
- We was in the middle of stashing the money when the filth arrived.
- (US, agriculture, dated) Weeds growing on pasture land.
- Grampa remembers when he had to cut filth with a scythe.
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Terms derived from filth
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Translations[edit]
dirt
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