filth

Meaning

Noun

  • Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
  • Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
  • The police.
  • A vile or disgusting person.
  • Weeds growing on pasture land.

Origin

  • From Middle English filth, from Old English fȳlþu, from Proto-West Germanic *fūliþu, equivalent to foul + -th.

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