Excrement

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Living creatures put forth (after their period of
           growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which
           are excrements and no parts.             --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  excrement
       n : waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces)
           discharged from the body [syn: {body waste}, {excretion},
            {excreta}, {excretory product}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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