soilure
Americannoun
noun
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the act of soiling or the state of being soiled
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a stain or blot
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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When Flora the next evening stole a passing glance at the ugly trinket in its place she was pleased to note how well it retained its soilure of clay.
From Kincaid's Battery by Kimball, Alonzo
Insanely he switched on the electric torch and flashed it up and down the niche, though in the dazzling moonlight its rays were but a small circular soilure.
From The Judge by West, Rebecca
All hearts sink; Latinus goes with torn raiment, in dismay at his wife's doom and his city's downfall, defiling his hoary hair with soilure of sprinkled dust.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
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
The soilure of the earth upon it could not make his splendid little face funny.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 by Various
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