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Webster 1913 Edition


Stercoraceous

Sterˊco-ra′ceous

,
Adj.
[L.
stercus
,
-oris
, dung.]
Of or pertaining to dung; partaking of the nature of, or containing, dung.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stercoraceous

STERCORACEOUS

,
Adj.
[L., dung.] Pertaining to dung, or partaking of its nature.

Definition 2024


stercoraceous

stercoraceous

English

Adjective

stercoraceous (comparative more stercoraceous, superlative most stercoraceous)

  1. Consisting of, resembling or pertaining to feces.
    • 1771, Tobias Smollett, Humphry Clinker, Penguin Classics, 1985, p.46:
      He had reason to believe the stercoraceous flavour, condemned by prejudice as a stink, was, in fact, most agreeable to the organs of smelling.

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