feculent
full of dregs or fecal matter; foul, turbid, or muddy.
Origin of feculent
1Other words from feculent
- fec·u·lence, noun
Words Nearby feculent
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How to use feculent in a sentence
He who wishes to know what Night-Mare is, let him eat chestnuts before going to sleep, and drink after them feculent wine.
Sensibility is smothered in, the feculent steams of roast beef, and delicacy stained by the waste drippings of porter.
Lands of the Slave and the Free | Henry A. MurrayIt hit him squarely in the face, and the feculent contents streamed down to his chin.
Out of the Hurly-Burly | Charles Heber ClarkFlowers of a fœtid or feculent odor, hermaphrodite, in compound racemes.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de TaveraIn Algeria, a kind of kalo is cultivated under the name of chou caraibe, whose tubers are larger, but less feculent.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands | Charles Nordhoff
British Dictionary definitions for feculent
/ (ˈfɛkjʊlənt) /
filthy, scummy, muddy, or foul
of the nature of or containing waste matter
Origin of feculent
1Derived forms of feculent
- feculence, noun
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