† sullyn.

Forms: Also 1600s sulley.

Etymology: < sully v.

Obsolete.

An act of sullying, soiling, or polluting (literal and figurative); a stain, blemish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > soiling

soilure1297

sowlingc1440

smirching1495

soiling1580

soilth1581

slurrying1600

smutching1611

aspersion1614

sullya1616

sullying1629

dabbling1677

soilage1926

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > dirty mark

smitOE

soil1501

smutch1530

sullya1616

smitch1638

smut1664

smircha1688

moil1818

high-water mark1847

smouch1873

tide-mark1907

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun] > a stain or slur

spota1225

umberc1380

blotc1386

maculate1490

touch1508

blemish1526

blur1548

attaint1592

stain1594

attainder1597

tachec1610

sullya1616

tainta1616

smutch1648

slur1662

woad1663

a blot on an escutcheon1697

blotch1860

smear1943

a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) ii. i. 40 You laying these slight sulleyes [1604 sallies] on my Sonne, As 'twere a thing a little soil'd i' th' working.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 332 The Gold or Silver will stick to the least Sully that the Varnish may chance to make.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 256. ¶4 These little Spots and Sullies in its Reputation.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. iv. 17 Without the least sully of their Virtue.

1762 B. Franklin Let. 20 Feb. in Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1769) 415 After the explosion, I could find neither any moisture nor any sully from the ink.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

sullyv.

Brit.

/ˈsʌli/, U.S.

/ˈsəli/

Forms: Also 1500s, 1700s sulley, 1600s sullie.

Etymology: apparently < French souiller: see soil v.¹

1. transitive. To pollute, defile; to soil, stain, tarnish.

a. in material sense. Now rare or poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)]

sulec897

smitOE

soil1297

besoila1300

bysulpc1400

smudgec1430

dauba1450

smirch1495

smotter1513

suddle1513

smada1525

coinquinatea1529

puddle1535

moil1575

smut1587

sud1593

sully1601

coninquinate1609

smirch1615

smutcha1616

beslurry1627

besullya1645

smoot1683

besmircha1700

be-smutch1832

guggle1866

dirten1906

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 295 The roofe and sides are..sullied..with the smoke of torches.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 329 Sully the puritie and whitenesse of my Sheetes?

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 164 A sky colored pellicule, sullied with dark spots.

1818 W. Wordsworth Near Spring of Hermitage 12 Rains, that make each rill a torrent, Neither sully it nor swell.

1885 Manch. Examiner 25 Mar. 3/2 The delicate white of the vellum cover which a careless touch might sully.

absolute.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 473 [How] that if one rule paper..therewith [sc. silver], it will draw blacke lines, and sullie as it doth.

b. in immaterial sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > pollute or defile [verb (transitive)]

afileeOE

besmiteeOE

shenda950

befilec1000

bisulienc1200

defoulc1320

file1340

foilc1380

smota1387

lime1390

solwea1400

surda1400

infectc1425

filtha1450

poison?a1513

defile1530

polluve1533

inquinate1542

pollute1548

contaminate1563

bumfiddlec1595

impure1598

conspurcate1600

defoil1601

sullya1616

vilify1615

deturpate1623

impiate1623

defedate1628

dreg1628

contemerate1650

spot1741

empoison1775

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > stain or sully [verb (transitive)]

filea1325

foulc1330

tache1390

dark?c1400

distain1406

smita1413

blemish1414

black?c1425

defoul1470

maculate?a1475

macule1484

tan1530

staina1535

spota1542

smear1549

blot1566

besmear1579

defile1581

attaint1590

soila1596

slubber1599

tack1601

woad1603

besmirch1604

blur1604

to breathe upon ——1608

be-smut1610

clouda1616

sullya1616

taint1623

smutch1640

blackena1649

to cast, put, throw (etc.) a slur on or upon (a person or thing)1654

beslur1675

tarnish1695

blackwash1762

carbonify1792

smirch1820

tattoo1884

dirten1987

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > pollute or defile

afileeOE

awemOE

filec1175

wemc1175

soila1250

foulc1330

defoula1340

bleckc1380

blemishc1380

pollutea1382

tache1390

sulpa1400

vilec1400

spota1413

stain1446

defilec1450

violate1490

tan1530

smear1549

beray1576

moil1596

discolour1598

smut1601

bespurtle1604

sullya1616

commaculatec1616

decolour?c1622

collutulate1623

deturpate1623

berust1631

smutch1640

discolorate1651

smoot1683

tarnish1695

tar1817

dirten1987

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. iv. 6 The ouer-daring Talbot Hath sullied all his glosse of former Honor By this vnheedfull..aduenture.

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. ii. 5 Before we further Sully our glosse of youth.

1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 33 Christmas and Epiphany..holy Church held for such high times of joy and Festivity, that they would not have one day among them sullied by..sorrow and fasting.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) To Sully the Fancy, to fill it with nasty, filthy, or impure Thoughts.

1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery v. 355 I will not sully my Page with any Rehearsal of them.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxiv. 475 The purity of his virtue was sullied by excessive vanity.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 529 His life had been sullied by a great domestic crime.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §2. 226 A merciless massacre sullied the fame of his earlier exploits.

†2. intransitive. To become soiled or tarnished. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > become soiled [verb (intransitive)]

solwe1303

soil1530

file1565

sully1598

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 74 Looke you Fraunces, your white canuas doublet will sulley .

1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick Ep. Ded. sig. a5^v The Enamel of these Gayeties and Gauds, Sully and soon grow Dusky.

1670 S. Crow in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 15 The silke sleizie and not Naples, which will soone grown rough, gather dust and sullie.

Derivatives

ˈsullying n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun]

staining1530

stain1563

besmearing1574

attainture1608

soilurea1616

smutting1621

sullying1629

macula1649

black wash1856

smirching1862

blear1868

smudging1873

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [adjective]

staininga1616

sullying1629

stainful1765

smearinga1974

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > soiling

soilure1297

sowlingc1440

smirching1495

soiling1580

soilth1581

slurrying1600

smutching1611

aspersion1614

sullya1616

sullying1629

dabbling1677

soilage1926

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > soiling

soily?1578

sullying1629

soiling1812

1629 J. Ford Lovers Melancholy ii. 32 The purest whitenesse is no such defence Against the sullying foulenesse of that fury.

1659 C. Noble Moderate Answer To Rdr. They are also sullyings and discolorings of the sacred memory of the dead.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 337 The sullying and foulness of the Floor.

1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 23 Three sullying Trades avoid with equal Care.

1842 H. E. Manning Serm. vi. 84 He that leaves upon driven snow a dark and sullying touch.

1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in Gareth & Lynette 131 Thro' that sullying of our Queen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sully
释义	† sullyn. Forms: Also 1600s sulley. Etymology: < sully v. Obsolete. An act of sullying, soiling, or polluting (literal and figurative); a stain, blemish. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > soiling soilure1297 sowlingc1440 smirching1495 soiling1580 soilth1581 slurrying1600 smutching1611 aspersion1614 sullya1616 sullying1629 dabbling1677 soilage1926 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > dirty mark smitOE soil1501 smutch1530 sullya1616 smitch1638 smut1664 smircha1688 moil1818 high-water mark1847 smouch1873 tide-mark1907 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun] > a stain or slur spota1225 umberc1380 blotc1386 maculate1490 touch1508 blemish1526 blur1548 attaint1592 stain1594 attainder1597 tachec1610 sullya1616 tainta1616 smutch1648 slur1662 woad1663 a blot on an escutcheon1697 blotch1860 smear1943 a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) ii. i. 40 You laying these slight sulleyes [1604 sallies] on my Sonne, As 'twere a thing a little soil'd i' th' working. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 332 The Gold or Silver will stick to the least Sully that the Varnish may chance to make. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 256. ¶4 These little Spots and Sullies in its Reputation. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. iv. 17 Without the least sully of their Virtue. View more context for this quotation 1762 B. Franklin Let. 20 Feb. in Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1769) 415 After the explosion, I could find neither any moisture nor any sully from the ink. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2021). sullyv. Brit. /ˈsʌli/, U.S. /ˈsəli/ Forms: Also 1500s, 1700s sulley, 1600s sullie. Etymology: apparently < French souiller: see soil v.¹ 1. transitive. To pollute, defile; to soil, stain, tarnish. a. in material sense. Now rare or poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] sulec897 smitOE soil1297 besoila1300 bysulpc1400 smudgec1430 dauba1450 smirch1495 smotter1513 suddle1513 smada1525 coinquinatea1529 puddle1535 moil1575 smut1587 sud1593 sully1601 coninquinate1609 smirch1615 smutcha1616 beslurry1627 besullya1645 smoot1683 besmircha1700 be-smutch1832 guggle1866 dirten1906 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 295 The roofe and sides are..sullied..with the smoke of torches. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 329 Sully the puritie and whitenesse of my Sheetes? View more context for this quotation 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 164 A sky colored pellicule, sullied with dark spots. 1818 W. Wordsworth Near Spring of Hermitage 12 Rains, that make each rill a torrent, Neither sully it nor swell. 1885 Manch. Examiner 25 Mar. 3/2 The delicate white of the vellum cover which a careless touch might sully. absolute.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 473 [How] that if one rule paper..therewith [sc. silver], it will draw blacke lines, and sullie as it doth. b. in immaterial sense. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > pollute or defile [verb (transitive)] afileeOE besmiteeOE shenda950 befilec1000 bisulienc1200 defoulc1320 file1340 foilc1380 smota1387 lime1390 solwea1400 surda1400 infectc1425 filtha1450 poison?a1513 defile1530 polluve1533 inquinate1542 pollute1548 contaminate1563 bumfiddlec1595 impure1598 conspurcate1600 defoil1601 sullya1616 vilify1615 deturpate1623 impiate1623 defedate1628 dreg1628 contemerate1650 spot1741 empoison1775 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > stain or sully [verb (transitive)] filea1325 foulc1330 tache1390 dark?c1400 distain1406 smita1413 blemish1414 black?c1425 defoul1470 maculate?a1475 macule1484 tan1530 staina1535 spota1542 smear1549 blot1566 besmear1579 defile1581 attaint1590 soila1596 slubber1599 tack1601 woad1603 besmirch1604 blur1604 to breathe upon ——1608 be-smut1610 clouda1616 sullya1616 taint1623 smutch1640 blackena1649 to cast, put, throw (etc.) a slur on or upon (a person or thing)1654 beslur1675 tarnish1695 blackwash1762 carbonify1792 smirch1820 tattoo1884 dirten1987 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > pollute or defile afileeOE awemOE filec1175 wemc1175 soila1250 foulc1330 defoula1340 bleckc1380 blemishc1380 pollutea1382 tache1390 sulpa1400 vilec1400 spota1413 stain1446 defilec1450 violate1490 tan1530 smear1549 beray1576 moil1596 discolour1598 smut1601 bespurtle1604 sullya1616 commaculatec1616 decolour?c1622 collutulate1623 deturpate1623 berust1631 smutch1640 discolorate1651 smoot1683 tarnish1695 tar1817 dirten1987 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. iv. 6 The ouer-daring Talbot Hath sullied all his glosse of former Honor By this vnheedfull..aduenture. View more context for this quotation a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. ii. 5 Before we further Sully our glosse of youth. View more context for this quotation 1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (1661) 33 Christmas and Epiphany..holy Church held for such high times of joy and Festivity, that they would not have one day among them sullied by..sorrow and fasting. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) To Sully the Fancy, to fill it with nasty, filthy, or impure Thoughts. 1729 G. Shelvocke, Jr. tr. K. Siemienowicz Great Art Artillery v. 355 I will not sully my Page with any Rehearsal of them. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxiv. 475 The purity of his virtue was sullied by excessive vanity. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 529 His life had been sullied by a great domestic crime. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §2. 226 A merciless massacre sullied the fame of his earlier exploits. †2. intransitive. To become soiled or tarnished. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > become soiled [verb (intransitive)] solwe1303 soil1530 file1565 sully1598 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 74 Looke you Fraunces, your white canuas doublet will sulley . View more context for this quotation 1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick Ep. Ded. sig. a5^v The Enamel of these Gayeties and Gauds, Sully and soon grow Dusky. 1670 S. Crow in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 15 The silke sleizie and not Naples, which will soone grown rough, gather dust and sullie. Derivatives ˈsullying n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [noun] staining1530 stain1563 besmearing1574 attainture1608 soilurea1616 smutting1621 sullying1629 macula1649 black wash1856 smirching1862 blear1868 smudging1873 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > sullying or staining of reputation > [adjective] staininga1616 sullying1629 stainful1765 smearinga1974 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > soiling soilure1297 sowlingc1440 smirching1495 soiling1580 soilth1581 slurrying1600 smutching1611 aspersion1614 sullya1616 sullying1629 dabbling1677 soilage1926 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > soiling soily?1578 sullying1629 soiling1812 1629 J. Ford Lovers Melancholy ii. 32 The purest whitenesse is no such defence Against the sullying foulenesse of that fury. 1659 C. Noble Moderate Answer To Rdr. They are also sullyings and discolorings of the sacred memory of the dead. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 337 The sullying and foulness of the Floor. 1716 J. Gay Trivia ii. 23 Three sullying Trades avoid with equal Care. 1842 H. E. Manning Serm. vi. 84 He that leaves upon driven snow a dark and sullying touch. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in Gareth & Lynette 131 Thro' that sullying of our Queen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1616v.1598
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