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Excrement

//ˈɛkskɹəmənt// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails, etc. obsolete
  3. 3
    waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body wordnet
  4. 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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō (“I excrete”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō (“I grow out”).

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