Meanings
nounsulliage (countable and uncountable, plural sulliages)
plural sulliages
- countableobsoleteuncountablefoulness, filth or dirt
the sins and sulliages of their earthly […]affections
1653, Henry Hammond, Paraphrase and Annotations on the New Testament1 more example
Though we wipe away with never so much care the dirt thrown at us, there will be left some sulliage behind.
1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC
Origin
Compare sullage, suillage, or sully (verb).
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sulliage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulliage
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