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单词 foulness
释义 foul·ness
noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English foulnesse, from Old English fūlnes, from fūl foul + -nes -ness
1. : the quality or state of being foul: as
 a. obsolete : physical repulsiveness
  < the fury … with new methods tried the foulness of the infernal form to hide — John Dryden >
 b. : a deposit of foul matter : filth
  < the floors were made of serpents encased in foulness — R.B.Anderson >
 c. : moral impurity, obscenity, or vulgarity
  < the cheapness of his person and the foulness of his tongue — Hamilton Basso >
 d. : uncleanness, pollution
  < a medicine … useful in … foulnesses of the blood — George Berkeley >
 e. : an unfavorable state (as of weather)
2. : firedamp
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