Excrement
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces. countable, specifically, uncountable
"The Roman poet Horace states that the excrement of the crocodile has aphrodisiac virtues."
- 2 Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails, etc. obsolete
- 3 waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body wordnet
- 4 Any waste matter excreted from the human or non-human animal body, or discharged by bodily organs. archaic, countable, uncountable
"A French Gentleman was ever wont to blow his nose in his hand […]. He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie excrement had, that wee should have a daintie linnen cloth or handkercher to receive the same."
Example
More examples""You've fallen asleep. Good. I am now going to leave you all alone in the dark while I go out and get drunk." "You are a terrible person." "Gosh! You're still awake." "I stick my tongue out at you as a gesture of defiance. Now continue with the bloody story. If you omit even the tiniest and most insignificant of details, you will return here tomorrow to find these walls covered in excrement. Do I make myself perfectly clear?" "Shut up and listen.""
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō (“I excrete”).
Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō (“I grow out”).
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