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noun
1.
offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter: the filth dumped into our rivers.
2.
foul condition: to live in filth.
3.
moral impurity, corruption, or obscenity.
4.
vulgar or obscene language or thought.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English fȳlth. See foul, -th1
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filth (fɪlθ)
 
—n
1.  foul or disgusting dirt; refuse
2.  extreme physical or moral uncleanliness; pollution
3.  vulgarity or obscenity, as in language
4.  derogatory, slang the filth the police
 
[Old English fӯlth; related to Old Saxon, Old High German fūlitha; see foul, defile]

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filth
O.E. fylð, from P.Gmc. *fulitho, noun derivative of *fulo- "foul" (see foul). A classic case of i-mutation. Moral sense of "obscene" is first recorded 1530s.
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