Filth

Origin

From Middle English filth, from Old English fȳlþ ("foulness, filth"), from Proto-Germanic *fūliþō ("foulness, filth"), from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz ("foul, corrupt, dirty, vile"), from Proto-Indo-European *pū- ("rottenness, pus"), equivalent to foul + -th. Cognate with Dutch vuilte ("filth"). More at foul.

Full definition of filth

Noun

1. dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles
2. smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution
• Tillotsonto purify the soul from the dross and filth of sensual delights
3. (British, pejorative, slang) the police
4. (US, agriculture, dated) weeds growing on pasture landGrampa remembers when he had to cut filth with a scythe.

Derived terms

• filthy