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

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)

A man's life, like a great river, may be limpid-pure in the beginning, and when near its source; as it grows and gains strength it is inevitably sullied and stained with earth's soilure.

From The Man Shakespeare by Harris, Frank

The vision of the one eternal, passionless Spirit, far removed from the world of chance and change and earthly soilure, was the conquest of Greek philosophy, travailing for 800 years.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

I've recked not of failure and losses, nor shrunk from the soilure of strife For thy magical glamour was on me and art is the moonlight of life.

From An Anthology of Australian Verse by Stevens, Bertram

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