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soilure

/ˈsɔɪljʊə/

soilure noun: making or becoming dirty; soiling, staining.

Noun

soilure (plural soilures)

  1. Making or becoming dirty; soiling, staining.
    • He merits well to haue her, that doth seeke her,
      Not making any scruple of her soylure […].c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • Much more powerful than moral enthusiasm is the disinclination of the immaculate flesh to risk the soilure of the streets.1913, Rebecca West, “Lynch Law”, in Jane Marcus, editor, The Young Rebecca, Virago, published 1982, page 207

Forms of soilure

pluralsoilures

Origin of soilure

From Old French soilleure, from soillier (“to soil”).

Questions about soilure

What does soilure mean?
Soilure means making or becoming dirty; soiling, staining.
What part of speech is soilure?
Soilure is a noun.
How do you pronounce soilure?
Soilure is pronounced /ˈsɔɪljʊə/ (UK).
What is the plural of soilure?
The plural of soilure is soilures.

Words near soilure in the dictionary

  1. soilpunk
  2. soils
  3. soilscape
  4. soilscapes
  5. soilsome
  6. soilure
  7. soilures
  8. soily
  9. Soini
  10. soiree
  11. soirees

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