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excrement

[ ek-skruh-muhnt ]

noun

  1. waste matter discharged from the body, especially feces.


excrement

/ ˌɛkskrɪmɛnˈtɪʃəs; ˈɛkskrɪmənt; ˌɛkskrɪˈmɛntəl /

noun

  1. waste matter discharged from the body, esp faeces; excreta
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Derived Forms

  • excremental, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð³æ·³¦°ù±ð·³¾±ð²Ô·³Ù´Ç³Ü²õ [ek-skr, uh, -, men, -t, uh, s], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of excrement1

1525–35; < Latin ±ð³æ³¦°ùŧ³¾±ð²Ô³Ù³Ü³¾, equivalent to ±ð³æ³¦°ùŧ- (perfect stem of excernere to excrete ) + -mentum -ment
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of excrement1

C16: from Latin ±ð³æ³¦°ùŧ³¾±ð²Ô³Ù³Ü³¾, from excernere to sift, excrete
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It’s a big steaming bag of excrement that used to be the United States.

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The family had been living in a house with "rubbish all over the floor and human excrement", the trial heard.

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Only those flippant idiots who spread their vile verbal excrement on a variety of media platforms to feather their own nest think otherwise.

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So they did a gut check—they went hunting for excrement and vomit from the Polish Basin, a region of central Europe with an extensive record of fossil bones and paleoclimate data.

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He said campfires on dry ground were dangerous and campers often left litter and human excrement.

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