foulness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun disgusting wickedness and immorality
  2. noun a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
  3. noun (of weather) the badness of the weather

Etymology

From Middle English foulnesse, foulnes, from Old English fūlnes (“foulness”), equivalent to foul + -ness. Compare Dutch vuilnis (“rubbish; garbage; trash”).

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