different between filth vs fulth

English

Etymology

From Middle English filth, from Old English f?lþu, from Proto-West Germanic *f?liþu, equivalent to foul +? -th.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

filth (usually uncountable, plural filths)

1. Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.

2. Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
   • a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Excellency of the Christian Religion

     purifying our souls from the dross and filth of sensual delights

3. (Britain, derogatory, slang, with definite article) The police.

4. (derogatory, uncountable) A vile or disgusting person.
5. (US, agriculture, dated) Weeds growing on pasture land.

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Alternative forms

• fouth

Etymology

From Middle English fulth, fulthe, from Old English fylleþ (“fullness”, in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *fulliþ? (“fullness”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel?-, *pl?- (“to fill”); equivalent to full +? -th. Cognate with Middle High German vüllede (“fullness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?l?/

Noun

fulth (uncountable)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Fullness; abundance; plenty.
   • 1910, Thomas Hardy, "A Singer Asleep".

   • 1911, John Payne (tr.), The Poetical Works of Heinrich Heine: Now First Completely Rendered Into English Verse, in Accordance with the Original Forms, Volume 3, page 134.

   • 1952, Yorkshire Dialect Society, Summer Bulletin, page 18.

2. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Fill; sufficiency; repletion; satiety.
   • 1641, Henry Best, Rural Economy in Yorkshire in 1641: Being the Farming and Account Books of Henry Best, of Elmswell, in the East Riding of the County of York, in The Publications of the Surtees Society, publ. by George Andrews, 1857, pages 4 & 5.

   • 1853, Michael Theakston, A List of Natural Flies that are Taken by Trout, Grayling, & Smelt, in the Streams of Ripon, W. Harrison (publ.), page 62.

   • 1853, Michael Theakston, A List of Natural Flies that are Taken by Trout, Grayling, & Smelt, in the Streams of Ripon, W. Harrison (publ.), page 73.

   • 1924, Yorkshire Dialect Society, Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society, page 41.