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Webster 1913 Edition
Excrement
Ex′cre-ment
,Noun.
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.
Ex′cre-ment
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Excrement
EX'CREMENT
,Noun.
Matter excreted and ejected; that which is discharged from the animal body after digestion; alvine discharges.
Definition 2024
excrement
excrement
See also: excrément
English
Noun
excrement (plural excrements)
- (archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.97:
- A French Gentleman was ever wont to blow his nose in his hand […]. He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie excrement had, that wee should have a daintie linnen cloth or handkercher to receive the same.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.97:
- (now specifically) Animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:feces
Related terms
Translations
animal solid waste
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Etymology 2
From Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō (“I grow out”).
Noun
excrement (plural excrements)