excrement
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
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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Example Sentences
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That’s because most cases of hantavirus, including Andes virus, are acquired directly from rodents or their excrement and not from other humans.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
Humans can be infected with hantavirus by breathing in airborne excrement from some types of rats and mice.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
The shelter in the town hall car park has excrement smeared on the floor and reeks of urine.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
Near its tail, it also hosts a small group of worms that feed on its excrement.
From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026
The masses were told to make toibee, a fertilizer in which ash is mixed with human excrement.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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