pollucioun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pollucion, pollucoun, pollusyone, polucion, polucioun, polucyon

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman pollutiun, Middle French pollution, or their etymon Latin pollūtiō; equivalent to polluten +‎ -ioun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˌliu̯siˈuːn/, /ˌpɔˈliu̯sjun/

Noun

pollucioun (plural polluciouns)

1. The ruining of the sacred; desecration.
2. That which is unpure; impurity.
3. Ejaculation outside sex.

Descendants

• English: pollution
• Scots: pollution

References

• “pollū̆ciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.