fouledadj.
/faʊld/, U.S. /faʊld/ 1.
a. Made dirty or impure; filthy, polluted; (also) clogged or obstructed by something.
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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
c1400 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal 1 C.ix) (1850) Lev. vii. 20 Pollutid, ether foulid [a1425 Royal 1 C.viii A pollutid soule, that etith of the fleischis of the sacrifice of pesible thingis; L. polluta].
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fowled, maculatus.
1705 W. Derham in Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1786 Some of the fouled Oyl of the Pump spirtled on the Wheels.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 134 [My head] was also affected by the fouled air.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 May 11/1 The fouled water from inside the house.
1989 J. Casey Spartina (1990) 70 Dick hauled the keg, pulled in the stern of the dory, found the line on the other side of the fouled propeller.
2014 Agence France Presse (Nexis) 22 Mar. Images of oil-soaked birds and fouled beaches horrified the United States, leading to tighter regulation and greater environmental consciousness.
b. As the second element in compounds in which the first element denotes the source of the dirt, pollution, obstruction, etc.
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1864 J. W. Williams Clean Skin 85 Patients, who lead sedentary luxurious lives and spend their nights in heated gas-fouled and tobacco-scented rooms.
a1915 J. Joyce Giacomo Joyce (1968) 9 The pox-fouled wenches and young wives.
1961 Pop. Mech. Apr. 275/2 Soot also causes about nine out of ten service calls, due to sooted flues, soot-fouled electrodes and carboned oil nozzles.
2017 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 4 Oct. a2 People stacked sewage-fouled clothes and mattresses outside houses.
2. Sport. That has been fouled by an opponent. Frequently in most fouled.
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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [adjective] > other attributes
scienced1818
starting1855
international1866
all-American1887
unmarked1890
fouled1898
muckerish1900
power1932
playmaking1933
open1937
wild card1940
wide-body1986
1898 Leader (Melbourne) 2 July 14/1 This consists of giving the fouled player possession of the ball, and no other player is permitted to be within five yards of him when the referee calls play.
1960 Washington Post 13 Dec. a19/2 Wilt is the most fouled player in basketball.
1999 Daily Mail (Nexis) 4 Oct. 85/5 A challenge on Heskey which almost broke the even temper of the Premiership's most fouled striker.
2020 Sun (Nexis) 11 July 70 The fouled Lucas Moura had inadvertently handled just before Kane netted what he thought was an instant equaliser.
Compounds
fouled anchor n. Nautical = foul anchor n. at foul adj. Compounds 3.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > hooking or entangling other tackle
foul anchor1754
fouled anchor1848
1848 Columbian Mag. Nov. 481/1 An appropriate pedestal, emblazoned with fouled anchors and inscribed with a brief and touching epitaph.
1854 R. W. Church Ess. & Rev. 32 His images of the sea are numerous and definite—the ship backing out of the tier in harbour, the diver plunging after the fouled anchor, the mast rising.
1907 C. B. Fernald John Kendry's Idea iv. 59 He was bronzed and wiry, with close-cropped hair and with a fouled anchor tattooed on the back of his hand.
2014 Mil. Images 32 31 His cap bears a regulation silver fouled anchor insignia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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