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filth

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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:
bef. 1000; ME; OE fȳlth. See foul, -th 1
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filth   (fĭlth)   
n.  

    1. Foul or dirty matter.

    2. Disgusting garbage or refuse.

  2. A dirty or corrupt condition; foulness.

  3. Something, such as language or printed matter, considered obscene, prurient, or immoral.


[Middle English, from Old English fȳlth; see p- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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 1535.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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