excrement

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
23
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈɛkskɹəmənt/

Definition of excrement

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, specifically, uncountable)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.”
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noun

  1. (countable, specifically, uncountable)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.”
  2. (archaic, countable, uncountable)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.”
  3. (obsolete)Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails, etc.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō (“to excrete”).

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