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

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 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of soilure¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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