Feculent
//ˈfɛkjʊlənt// adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Dirty with faeces or other impurities
"At this time in history the streets of London were as foul, feculent and disease-ridden as a series of interconnected dunghills, twice as dangerous as a battlefield, and as infrequently maintained as the lower cells of an asylum dungeon."
Adjective
- 1 foul with waste matter wordnet
Example
More examples"At this time in history the streets of London were as foul, feculent and disease-ridden as a series of interconnected dunghills, twice as dangerous as a battlefield, and as infrequently maintained as the lower cells of an asylum dungeon."
Etymology
From Middle French feculent, from Latin faeculentus, from faex.
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