FILTH
What does "FILTH" mean?
Disgusting dirt or refuse.
Meanings
- Foul, disgusting dirt, grime, or refuse. Years of neglect had left the cellar caked in filth.
- Obscene or morally corrupt material or behavior. Critics dismissed the pamphlet as nothing but filth. figurative
Did you know?
- 'Filth' is the noun form of 'foul,' built with the same ancient '-th' suffix that turns 'warm' into 'warmth' and 'deep' into 'depth' - a small machine Old English used to make qualities into things.
Word origin
From Old English 'fylth', from 'ful' (foul) plus the abstract noun suffix '-th', the same pattern that gives 'warmth' from 'warm'.
Remember it
FILTH = FOUL turned into a thing, with a vowel shift; both start with F and reek of grime.
A little poem
What the city sweeps from sight by day
settles in the corners, patient, grey-
filth is only matter in the wrong place.
tercet
What it teaches
Filth is rarely the dirt itself but the place it has no business being.
Quick facts
What does FILTH mean?
Disgusting dirt or refuse.
Is FILTH a valid word?
Yes — FILTH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FILTH?
FILTH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does FILTH come from?
From Old English 'fylth', from 'ful' (foul) plus the abstract noun suffix '-th', the same pattern that gives 'warmth' from 'warm'.
What can FILTH teach us?
Filth is rarely the dirt itself but the place it has no business being.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.