feculent
[fek-yuh-luh nt]
adjective
full of dregs or fecal matter; foul, turbid, or muddy.
RELATED WORDS
disagreeable, putrid, tainted, musty, smelly, moldy, stale, fetid, soured, polluted, contaminated, noxious, rotting, disgusting, rancid, sour, spoiled, corrupt, overripe, muddy
Origin of feculent
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Our light showed no tokens of a feculent or corrupted atmosphere.
A Journey to the Western Isles of ScotlandSamuel Johnson
The clayey mass of feculent matter forms a hard ball in the distended bowel, around which the small loose passages flow.
It hit him squarely in the face, and the feculent contents streamed down to his chin.
Out of the Hurly-BurlyCharles Heber Clark
Feculent, fek′ū-lent, adj. containing fces or sediment: muddy: foul.
He who wishes to know what Night-Mare is, let him eat chestnuts before going to sleep, and drink after them feculent wine.
feculent
adjective
Word Origin for feculent
C15: from Latin faeculentus; see faeces
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feculent
[fĕk′yə-lənt]
adj.
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