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soilure

soilure

9.9
An action that makes a place or object dirty
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : contaminación
  • After playing outside, the children's soilure made it necessary for them to take a bath.

Examples

  • The soilure of his shirt after the picnic was a clear indication of how much fun they had.

  • The construction site was filled with the soilure of dirt and debris from the ongoing work.

  • Ultimately, of course, no published work of literature can be considered entirely "disinterested," existing in a realm above and beyond the soilure of economic exchange.

    Academic text (2014)

Synonyms

soiling
vssoilure
  • NSFW
1 3.9

An act of making something dirty, often with food or body waste

means the general act or process of making things dirty
dirtiness
vssoilure
1 1.0

Not being clean because it has mud, dust or stains

refers to the action or process that creates that unclean state
dirtying
vssoilure
3.0

Making something dirty, for example clothes or walls

is about the ongoing act or process of making things dirty
soilage
vssoilure
  • Archaic
9.1

Dirt or mess that makes something dirty

focuses on the action or process that produces that contamination

Antonyms

335 1.0

The act of removing dirt and dust from a place or object

15 4.6

Making something clean by removing unwanted or harmful substances

How Dirty

defilement
23 9.1
contamination
  • Specialized
76 4.8
soilure
  • Archaic
9.9
smear
14 4.1

Surface Forms

soilure singular
soilures plural

Morphology

soilure = soil (transparent) = soil + ure

The noun denotes the act or process of soiling and is directly formed from 'soil' with the nominalizing suffix '-ure', so the meaning is predictable from the base.

Etymology

Soilure comes from the common word soil, which means 'to make dirty', plus the ending -ure, which shows an 'act' or 'result'. So soilure is the act or process of making something dirty.