excrement
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excrements
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Origin of excrement
1525–35; < Latin excrēmentum, equivalent to excrē- (perfect stem of excernere to excrete ) + -mentum -ment
Vocabulary lists containing excrement
Cesar Chavez's Commonwealth Club Address (1984)
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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A Dance with Dragons
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Large groups of black vultures have taken up residence in town, covering the quaint historic district in feathers and foul-smelling excrement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Specifically, he posted an A.I.-generated video of a fighter jet, piloted by himself in a literal crown, dropping human excrement onto the crowds.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Ebola spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including sweat, saliva, blood, semen, excrement, urine and vomit.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
The smell is "like excrement," said 68-year-old Patricio Velasquez, who shuts himself inside every summer due to the odor emanating from the dump.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
The air was stale and still, suffused with the scent of rotten peaches, horse excrement, and partially combusted Illinois anthracite.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
A path blooming with cow patties is likely to be less grueling than one marked only by the dark, nutlike excrements of goats, who can get up anywhere.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
There, old wounds on trilobite shells abound, and fossil excrements, likely produced by trilobites, contain yet more trilobite shells.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
However, I’m placing dog turds at the bottom of my list because I grew up in Rome, where I stepped on excrements more times than I can count.
From The Verge ● May 9, 2018
Our liquid excrements are salty, we can’t drink saltwater.
From The Guardian ● May 6, 2016
The excrements are of a dark color, frothy, and fetid, and, in the latter stages, appear to be only half digested.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
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