sulliage

English

Etymology

Compare sullage, suillage, or sully (verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌl.i.əd͡ʒ/

Noun

sulliage (countable and uncountable, plural sulliages)

1. (obsolete) foulness, filth or dirt
   • 1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC:

     Though we wipe away with never so much care the dirt thrown at us, there will be left some sulliage behind.

   • 1653, Henry Hammond, Paraphrase and Annotations on the New Testament:

     the sins and sulliages of their earthly […] affections

References

• “sulliage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Augellis, suillage, ill-usage