late 14c., "ceremonially unclean, profane;" c. 1400, "rendered impure or unclean," past-participle adjective from pollute (v.). Meaning "drunk" is from 1912, American English slang; ecological sense is by 1888.
polluted lakes and streams
pollination
polliwog
pollster
pollutant
pollute
polluted
polluter
pollution
Pollux
Polly
Pollyanna
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