excrementitious

American  

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

Also excremental

adjective

1. of or like excrement.

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Other Word Forms

• excrementally adverb
• excrementitiously adverb

Etymology

Origin of excrementitious

First recorded in 1580–90; excrement + -itious

Example Sentences

The shock to the nervous system incident upon operation always throws a certain amount more than usual of excrementitious material into the circulation.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

They probably act, therefore, by diminishing the metamorphosis of the tissues, and the consequent loading of the blood with excrementitious products which the hyperpyrexia has a tendency to promote.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

We are told that, during the night, noxious gases and poisonous miasmata emanate from the soil, and that plants throw off excrementitious matters, which assume a gaseous form, and are more or less destructive.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

In connection with this, it must be remembered that during the night the soil emits excrementitious vapors which are taken into the animal system by the process of respiration.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

By under-draining, grasses are prevented from running out, partly by preventing the accumulation of the poisonous excrementitious matter, and partly because these grasses usually consist of tillering plants.

From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by Waring, George E. (George Edwin)