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befoulment

noun

Etymology

From befoul + -ment.

  1. derived from *puH-✻ — “foul, rotten”
  2. inherited from *fūlaz✻ — “foul, rotten”
  3. inherited from *fūl✻
  4. inherited from fūl — “foul, dirty, unclean, impure, vile, corrupt, rotten, stinking, guilty”
  5. inherited from ffoul
  6. prefixed as befoul — “be + foul”
  7. suffixed as befoulment — “befoul + ment”

Definitions

  1. The act of befouling

    The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.

  2. That which makes or has been made soiled.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA