soilure

American  

[soil-yer] / ˈsɔɪl jər /

noun

1. a stain.

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soilure British  

/ ˈsɔɪljə /

noun

1. the act of soiling or the state of being soiled

2. a stain or blot

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Etymology

Origin of soilure

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

Example Sentences

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soilure

He must feel perfectly clean and free—fresh, as if he had washed away all the years of soilure in this morning's sea and sun and sand.

From The Trespasser by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

The soilure, now upon you, being washed off, you shall take the eternal vows and shall bury in the shadow of the cloister the criminal life you have led in the past.

From The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century by Sue, Eug?ne

For a few years his power increased, without one base measure, without any soilure on the blazon of increasing prosperity.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 by Various

You could see that he prided himself on the spotlessness of his linen; his cuffs were turned up to avoid alcoholic soilure; their vast links hung loose for better observance by customers.

From Demos by Gissing, George

Rather, it may be, over-much He shunned the common stain and smutch, From soilure of ignoble touch     Too grandly free, Too loftily secure in such     Cold purity.

From The Poems of William Watson by Watson, William