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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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 Rebecca West
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 Eug?ne Sue
The delicate "baby blue" attracted him by its perishability, its suggestion of impossible refinements beyond the soilure and dust of his own grimy circumstances.
From In Exile and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote
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 George Gissing
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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