excrement
nounEtymology Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō (“to grow out”).
1
Obsolete Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails, etc.
excrement
noun/ˈɛkskɹəmənt/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō (“to excrete”).
1
Specifically Human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
- The Roman poet Horace states that the excrement of the crocodile has aphrodisiac virtues.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 71:
2
Archaic Any waste matter excreted from the human or non-human animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
- 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., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.97
- Derived terms
- excrementive, excrementize, Mexcrement
- Related terms
- excreta, excrete, excremental, excrementitious