119. Dirt


See also 84. CLEANLINESS ; 377. SOIL

aischrolatreia
a devotion to or worship of filth and obscenity.
automysophobia
Rare. an abnormal fear of being dirty.
feculence, feculency
1. the condition of being befouled or besmirched.
2. the material causing this condition. — feculent , adj.
fuliginosity
1. the state or condition of being sooty or smoky.
2. soot or smoke. — fuliginous , adj.
maculacy
the state or quality of being blemished, stained, or spotted, as with dirt. Also maculation . — maculate, adj.
misophobia, musophobia, mysophobia
an abnormal fear of dirt, especially of being contaminated by dirt.
mysophilia
an abnormal attraction to filth.
rhypophobia
an abnormal fear of filth.

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