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sully (iou)



sully verb & noun. L16.
[Perh. from French souiller SOIL verb1.]
A. verb.
verb trans.
a. Spoil the purity of; taint, defile; disgrace. L16.
M. Lane The Burney name..had been sullied by a scrape which sent..Charles down from Oxford.
b. Make dirty, soil; pollute. E17.
U. Holden No ball games..must sully the grass.
verb intrans. Become soiled or tarnished. L16-L17.
Phrases: sullied white dirty white.
B. noun. An act of sullying or polluting something (lit. & fig.); a stain, a blemish. E17-M18.