Soilure
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɔɪljʊə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Soilure is a noun meaning Making or becoming dirty; soiling, staining.
Meaning
Making or becoming dirty; soiling, staining.
Example Sentences
Passion here is a soilure of the wits, We're told, and Love a cross for them to bear .
He merits well to haue her, that doth seeke her, Not making any scruple of her soylure […].
Much more powerful than moral enthusiasm is the disinclination of the immaculate flesh to risk the soilure of the streets.
[…] the fire which was to have lasted to the end of them, before which in the days before he was able to buy the stove he would enter after his four-mile walk from the mill and find her, the shape of her narrow back and haunches squatting, one narrow spread hand shielding her face from the blaze over which the other hand held the skillet, had already fallen to a dry, light soilure of dead ashes when the sun rose yesterday […]
Word Forms
- soilures
Synonyms for soilure
Depending on context, synonyms include soiling, dirtying.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include soiling, dirtying, befoulment, sullying, dirt, impuration.
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