soiluren.

/ˈsɔɪljʊə/

Forms: Also Middle English, 1600s soylure.

Etymology: < Old French soilleure (modern French souillure ), < soillier soil v.¹

The currency of the word in the 19th cent. is probably altogether due to the instance in Shakespeare.

a. Soiling, sullying, staining.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > soiling

soilure1297

sowlingc1440

smirching1495

soiling1580

soilth1581

slurrying1600

smutching1611

aspersion1614

sullya1616

sullying1629

dabbling1677

soilage1926

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8501 Þe bodies hii gaderede & vorbarnde hom echon,..so þat hii were Wiþoute soylure in clannesse al out maisters þere.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 147 Elaine.. Guarded the sacred shield.., Then fearing rust or soilure fashion'd for it A case of silk.

1893 J. K. Ingram in Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi Pref. p. viii The writing has..suffered from friction or soilure.

b. figurative. (Common in recent literary use.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun]

staining1530

stain1563

besmearing1574

attainture1608

soilurea1616

smutting1621

sullying1629

macula1649

black wash1856

smirching1862

blear1868

smudging1873

a1616 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida (1623) iv. i. 58 He merits well to haue her, that doth seeke her, Not making any scruple of her soylure [1609 soyle], With such a hell of paine.

a1871 A. Cary in Last Poems of Alice & Phoebe Cary (1873) 114 Soilure of sin..Cannot harm thy hand so pure.

1888 G. Gissing Life's Morning I. iii. 110 With minds disengaged from anxiety of casual soilure.

1890 W. Watson Poems (1906) I. 29 From soilure of ignoble touch Too grandly free.

2. A stain, blot, or blemish.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > stain or spot or blemish

foulnessOE

tachea1400

tackc1425

speckc1785

soilure1840

1840 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Heath's Bk. Beauty 50 He did not conduct him amid flowers and herbage, where a fall would have only been a soilure to our frail human nature.

1895 I. Zangwill Master iii. viii Why had people besmirched the Creation with soilures of cynicism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	soilure
释义	soiluren. /ˈsɔɪljʊə/ Forms: Also Middle English, 1600s soylure. Etymology: < Old French soilleure (modern French souillure ), < soillier soil v.¹ The currency of the word in the 19th cent. is probably altogether due to the instance in Shakespeare. 1. a. Soiling, sullying, staining. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > soiling soilure1297 sowlingc1440 smirching1495 soiling1580 soilth1581 slurrying1600 smutching1611 aspersion1614 sullya1616 sullying1629 dabbling1677 soilage1926 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8501 Þe bodies hii gaderede & vorbarnde hom echon,..so þat hii were Wiþoute soylure in clannesse al out maisters þere. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 147 Elaine.. Guarded the sacred shield.., Then fearing rust or soilure fashion'd for it A case of silk. 1893 J. K. Ingram in Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi Pref. p. viii The writing has..suffered from friction or soilure. b. figurative. (Common in recent literary use.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun] staining1530 stain1563 besmearing1574 attainture1608 soilurea1616 smutting1621 sullying1629 macula1649 black wash1856 smirching1862 blear1868 smudging1873 a1616 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida (1623) iv. i. 58 He merits well to haue her, that doth seeke her, Not making any scruple of her soylure [1609 soyle], With such a hell of paine. a1871 A. Cary in Last Poems of Alice & Phoebe Cary (1873) 114 Soilure of sin..Cannot harm thy hand so pure. 1888 G. Gissing Life's Morning I. iii. 110 With minds disengaged from anxiety of casual soilure. 1890 W. Watson Poems (1906) I. 29 From soilure of ignoble touch Too grandly free. 2. A stain, blot, or blemish. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > stain or spot or blemish foulnessOE tachea1400 tackc1425 speckc1785 soilure1840 1840 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Heath's Bk. Beauty 50 He did not conduct him amid flowers and herbage, where a fall would have only been a soilure to our frail human nature. 1895 I. Zangwill Master iii. viii Why had people besmirched the Creation with soilures of cynicism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1297
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