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excrementitious

American  
[ek-skruh-men-tish-uhs] / ˌɛk skrə mɛnˈtɪʃ əs /
Also excremental

adjective

  1. of or like excrement.


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Etymology

Origin of excrementitious

First recorded in 1580–90; excrement + -itious


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The colouring matter usually exists as an intercellular excrementitious substance.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre

A Dissertation upon the employment of excrementitious remedial agents in Religion, Therapeutics, Divination, Love Philters, etc., in all parts of the globe.

From United States Government Publications, v. 8 Jan-Jun 1892 A Monthly Catalog by Compiled

Colic was cured by pills of excrementitious materials, and by all sorts of other deterrent remedies.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

The direct application of cold tends to contract the mouths of excrementitious vessels, and the morbid matter accumulates.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd

Where men are large eaters, the amount of excrementitious material left will usually provoke, if not actually demand, more frequent evacuation than where the amount eaten is small.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

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