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Foulness

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/faʊlˈnɛs/UK/ˈfaʊəl.nəs/UK

Etymology

From Middle English foulnesse, foulnes, from Old English fūlnes (“foulness”), equivalent to foul + -ness. Compare Dutch vuilnis (“rubbish; garbage; trash”).

  1. inherited from fūlnes
  2. inherited from foulnesse

Definitions

  1. An island on the east coast of Essex where the Thames estuary joins the North Sea.

  2. A civil parish (served by Foulness Island Parish Council) in Rochford district, Essex.

  3. The state of being foul.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA