See defoul on Wiktionary
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"Pollution, dirt, filth"
],
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"pollution"
],
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"dirt",
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],
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"filth",
"filth"
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"Pollution, dirt, filth:"
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]
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"Pollution, dirt, filth:",
"Immorality; moral harm."
],
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"Pollution",
"pollution"
],
[
"dirt",
"dirt"
],
[
"filth",
"filth"
],
[
"Immorality",
"immorality"
],
[
"moral",
"moral"
],
[
"harm",
"harm"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Pollution, dirt, filth:",
"(figuratively) Immorality; moral harm."
],
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"figuratively",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A harm, injury or damage"
],
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"harm",
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[
"injury",
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],
[
"damage",
"damage"
]
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],
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"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A harm, injury or damage:",
"Mistreatment, indignity."
],
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[
"harm",
"harm"
],
[
"injury",
"injury"
],
[
"damage",
"damage"
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[
"Mistreatment",
"mistreatment"
],
[
"indignity",
"indignity"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Humility, self-effacement."
],
"links": [
[
"Humility",
"humility"
],
[
"self-effacement",
"self-effacement"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɛˈfuːl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/dɛːˈfuːl/"
}
],
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}
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"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Ethics"
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"expansion": "defoul",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "enm",
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{
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{
"word": "defoulen"
}
],
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"Late Middle English"
],
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"alternative form of defoulen"
],
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[
"defoulen",
"defoulen#Middle_English"
]
],
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"(Late Middle English) alternative form of defoulen"
],
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"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "defoul"
}
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