dirt
noun
- any unclean or soiling matter, as mud, dust, dung, trash, etc.; filth
- earth or garden soil
- anything common, filthy, or contemptible
- dirtiness, nastiness, corruption, etc.
- ☆ obscene writing, speech, etc.; pornography
- ☆ malicious talk or gossip
- ☆ Gold Mining the gravel, soil, etc. from which gold is separated by washing or panning
Origin: ME, by metathesis < drit < ON drita, excrement, akin to OE dritan, to excrete < IE base *dher- (see dark) > L forire, defecate
adjective
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noun
- Earth or soil.
- a. A filthy or soiling substance, such as mud or dust.b. Excrement.
- A squalid or filthy condition.
- One that is mean, contemptible, or vile.
- a. Obscene language or subject matter.b. Malicious or scandalous gossip.c. Information that embarrasses or accuses.
- Unethical behavior or practice; corruption.
- Material, such as gravel or slag, from which metal is extracted in mining.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , variant of drit, excrement, filth, mud
Origin: , from Old Norse
.See dirt in Ologies
Dirt
See also cleanliness; soil
aischrolatreia
a devotion to or worship of filth and obscenity.
automysophobia
Rare. an abnormal fear of being dirty.
1. the condition of being befouled or besmirched.
2. the material causing this condition. —feculent, adj.
fuliginosity
1. the state or condition of being sooty or smoky.
2. soot or smoke. —fuliginous, adj.
maculacy
the state or quality of being blemished, stained, or spotted, as with dirt. Also maculation. —maculate, adj.
an abnormal fear of dirt, especially of being contaminated by dirt.
an abnormal attraction to filth.
rhypophobia
an abnormal fear of filth.
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