EXCREMENT - 11 definitions found
excrement n 1: waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body [syn: body waste, excretion, excreta, excrement, excretory product] excrement 1533, "waste discharged from the body," from L. excrementum, from stem of excretus, pp. of excernere "to sift out, discharge," from ex- "out" + cernere "sift, separate" (see certain). Originally any bodily secretion, especially from the bowels; exclusive sense of "feces" is since mid-18c. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) excrement noun Etymology: Latin excrementum, from excernere Date: 1533 waste matter discharged from the body; especially feces • excremental adjective • excrementitious adjective Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary excrement Excrement is the solid waste that is passed out of a person or animal's body through their bowels. (FORMAL) The cage smelled of excrement. N-UNCOUNT English Explanatory Dictionary excrement ˈekskrɪmənt n. (in sing. or pl.) faeces. øøexcremental adj. [F excr÷ment or L excrementum (as EXCRETE)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Excrement \Ex"cre*ment\, n. [L. excrementum, fr. excernere, excretum, to skin out, discharge: cf. F. excr['e]ment. See Excrete.] Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Excrement \Ex"cre*ment\, n. [L. excrementum, fr. excrescere, excretum, to grow out. See Excrescence.] An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. [Obs.] ``Ornamental excrements.'' --Fuller. Living creatures put forth (after their period of growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which are excrements and no parts. --Bacon. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms excrement n. 1. Excretion, excreted matter. 2. Dung, faeces, ordure, dejections, alvine discharges. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 41 Moby Thesaurus words for "excrement": carrion, corruption, dandruff, decay, dejecta, dejection, dejecture, discharge, effluent, egesta, ejecta, ejectamenta, ejection, excreta, excretes, extravasate, extravasation, exudate, exudation, filth, foul matter, furfur, gangrene, mess, muck, mucus, obscenity, ordure, pus, putrid matter, rot, scurf, scuz, slime, smut, snot, sordes, transudate, transudation, waste, waste matter |
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