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Webster 1913 Edition

Filth

Filth

(fĭlth)
,
Noun.
[OE.
filthe
,
fulðe
, AS.
fȳlð
, fr.
fūl
foul; akin to OHG.
fūlida
. See
Foul
, and cf.
File
.]
1.
Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.
2.
Anything that sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
To purify the soul from the dross and
filth
of sensual delights.
Tillotson.
Filth disease
(Med.)
,
a disease supposed to be due to pollution of the soil or water.

Webster 1828 Edition

Filth

FILTH

,
Noun.
[See Foul and Defile.]
1.
Dirt; any foul matter; any thing that soils or defiles; waste matter; nastiness.
2.
Corruption; pollution; any thing that sullies or defiles the moral character.
To purify the soul from the dross and filth of sensual delights.

Definition 2024

filth

filth

English

Noun

filth ‎(usually uncountable, plural filths)

  1. Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
  2. Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
    • Tillotson
      to purify the soul from the dross and filth of sensual delights
  3. (Britain, pejorative, slang) The police.
  4. (US, agriculture, dated) Weeds growing on pasture land.
    Grampa remembers when he had to cut filth with a scythe.

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪlθ/

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