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noun disgusting wickedness and immorality
noun a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
noun (of weather) the badness of the weather
originFrom Middle English foulnesse, foulnes, from Old English fūlnes (“foulness”), equivalent to foul + -ness. Compare Dutch vuilnis (“rubbish; garbage; trash”).
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