pollucioun

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === pollucion, pollucoun, pollusyone, polucion, polucioun, polucyon === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman pollutiun, Middle French pollution, or their etymon Latin pollūtiō; equivalent to polluten +‎ -ioun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔˌliu̯siˈuːn/, /ˌpɔˈliu̯sjun/ === Noun === pollucioun (plural polluciouns) The ruining of the sacred; desecration. That which is unpure; impurity. Ejaculation outside sex. ==== Descendants ==== English: pollution Scots: pollution ==== References ==== “pollū̆ciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.