feculent

[fek-yuh-luh nt]

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adjective

full of dregs or fecal matter; foul, turbid, or muddy.

Origin of feculent

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin faeculentus full of dregs. See feces, -ulent

Related formsfec·u·lence, noun

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Related Words for feculent

disagreeable, putrid, tainted, musty, smelly, moldy, stale, fetid, soured, polluted, contaminated, noxious, rotting, disgusting, rancid, sour, spoiled, corrupt, overripe, muddy

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Historical Examples of feculent

Our light showed no tokens of a feculent or corrupted atmosphere.
A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
Samuel Johnson
The clayey mass of feculent matter forms a hard ball in the distended bowel, around which the small loose passages flow.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
Various
It hit him squarely in the face, and the feculent contents streamed down to his chin.
Out of the Hurly-Burly
Charles Heber Clark
Feculent, fek′ū-lent, adj. containing fces or sediment: muddy: foul.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
Various
He who wishes to know what Night-Mare is, let him eat chestnuts before going to sleep, and drink after them feculent wine.
A Treatise on the Incubus, or Night-Mare, Disturbed Sleep, Terrific Dreams and Nocturnal Visions
John Waller

British Dictionary definitions for feculent

feculent

adjective

filthy, scummy, muddy, or foul
of the nature of or containing waste matter

Derived Formsfeculence, noun

Word Origin for feculent

C15: from Latin faeculentus; see faeces

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Word Origin and History for feculent

adj.

late 15c., from Middle French féculent, from Latin faeculentus "abounding in dregs," from stem faec- (see feces). Related: Feculence.

feculent in Medicine

feculent

[fĕk′yə-lənt]

adj.

Full of foul or impure matter; fecal.