vuil

Dutch (Brabantic)

/vœy̯l/

adj
Definitions
  • dirty, filthy
  • obscene, lewd
  • dishonorable
  • illegal, improper
  • (nautical) fouled, having its wetted surface polluted by marine organisms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch vuul inherited from Old Dutch *fūl derived from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz (foul, rotten, dirty), *fūlą derived from Proto-Indo-European *pū- (be rotten, putrid).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pū-

Gloss

be rotten, putrid

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