Feculence

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being feculent. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    something that is feculent wordnet
  3. 3
    Feculent matter; dregs, filth. countable, uncountable

    "At least his hangover was on the wane; all he felt now were a certain wateriness in the lower belly, and a feculence of mucus ramed up both nostrils, not unlike two small coral reefs."

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"At least his hangover was on the wane; all he felt now were a certain wateriness in the lower belly, and a feculence of mucus ramed up both nostrils, not unlike two small coral reefs."

Etymology

From French féculence, from Latin faeculentia. Doublet of feculency.

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