defiledadj.
/dɪˈfʌɪld/ Polluted, sullied.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective]
mixedc1300
pollutea1382
infectc1384
unpurea1398
fouledc1400
drossyc1420
polluteda1425
defouledc1440
dreggyc1440
feculent1471
filed1483
violate?c1500
feding1502
fly-blown1528
cankered1530
defiled1530
contagious1547
dregful1552
contaminatea1555
menstruous1560
dreggish1561
conspurcate1563
empoisoned1581
inquinated?1593
pollutionate1593
fly-bitten1598
impure1598
druggy1599
contaminated1609
transboundary1918
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > polluted or defiled
wemmed1382
defouledc1440
defiled1530
spotteda1535
gleetous1535
commaculate1570
dreggy1593
inquinated?1593
sullied1683
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 724 Bot he com þyder ryȝt as a chylde..Harmlez, trwe and vndefylde.]
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 309/2 Defyled as a thynge that is soyled, polu.
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant Introd. 6 Nor eat of this sacrifice with a defiled head.
1746–7 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) p. iii Men of defiled habits and unclean lips.
1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 154 To tear out the defiled page of the past.
Derivatives
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun] > polluted or defiled condition
pollutionc1422
spottiness1574
defiledness1607
tainture1609
pollutednessa1617
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > polluted or defiled condition
sulliedness1571
impurity1598
defiledness1607
dregginess1608
drossiness1638
feculency1651
feculence1733
branfulness1879
1607 S. Hieron Platforme Obed. in Wks. (1620) I. 328 The corruption and defilednesse of nature, which man brings with him into the world.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 541 I speake of a defilednesse of heart.
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adj.1530