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Sully
sully
(sullies, sullying, sullied) 1. If something is sullied by something else, it is damaged so that it is no longer pure or of such high value. (FORMAL) The City’s reputation has been sullied by scandals like those at Lloyd’s... She claimed they were sullying her good name. VERB: be V-ed, V n 2. If someone sullies something, they make it dirty. (FORMAL) I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it. VERB: V n
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I. transitive verb (sullied; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English *sullien, probably alteration (influenced by Anglo-French suillier, soiller to soil) of sulen to soil, from Old English sylian Date: 15th century to make soiled or tarnished ; defile II. noun (plural sullies) Date: 1601 archaic soil, stain SULLY I. biographical name Duc de 1560-1641 Maximilien de Bethune Baron de Rosny French statesman II. biographical name Thomas 1783-1872 American (English-born) painter ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 disgrace or tarnish (a person's reputation or character, a victory, etc.). 2 poet. dirty; soil. Etymology: perh. f. F souiller (as SOIL(2)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ v formal or literary to spoil or reduce the value of something that was perfect (a scandal that sullied his reputation) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1591, probably from M.Fr. souiller, from O.Fr. souillier "make dirty" (see soil (v.)). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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