filth

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noun
  1. offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter: the filth dumped into our rivers.

  2. foul condition: to live in filth.

  1. moral impurity, corruption, or obscenity.

  2. vulgar or obscene language or thought.

Origin of filth

1
before 1000; Middle English; Old English fȳlth.See foul, -th1

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filth

/ (fɪlθ) /


noun
  1. foul or disgusting dirt; refuse

  2. extreme physical or moral uncleanliness; pollution

  1. vulgarity or obscenity, as in language

  2. the filth derogatory, slang the police

Origin of filth

1
Old English fӯlth; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fūlitha; see foul, defile

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