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soilure

[ soil-yer ]

noun

  1. a stain.


soilure

/ ˈsɔɪljə /

noun

  1. the act of soiling or the state of being soiled
  2. a stain or blot
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of soilure1

1250–1300; Middle English soylure < Old French soilleure, equivalent to soill ( ier ) ( soil 2 ) + -eure (< Latin -ātūra; -ate 1, -ure )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of soilure1

C13: from Old French soilleure, from soillier to soil ²
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Example Sentences

I do not recall any soilure on Gothic garments, save spectral blood-stains and the mold of graves.

Must I dip again into the soilure and abomination of that awful time?

His body hungered morbidly for the barely sampled flesh pots of the Meade bungalow, the perilous soilure of Butler's Avenue.

In another corner Sylvia spat forth the unclean blood and wiped from her lips the soilure of the kisses.

Night, however, was kind, and spared from view much unsightly soilure.

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