feculent

[ fek-yuh-luhnt ]

/ ˈfɛk yə lənt /

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adjective

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

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Origin of feculent

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

OTHER WORDS FROM feculent

fec·u·lence, noun

Words nearby feculent

fecit, feck, fecking, feckless, fecula, feculent, fecund, fecundate, fecundity, fed, fedayee

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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.
A Treatise on the Incubus, or Night-Mare, Disturbed Sleep, Terrific Dreams and Nocturnal Visions|John Waller
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. Murray
It hit him squarely in the face, and the feculent contents streamed down to his chin.
Out of the Hurly-Burly|Charles Heber Clark
Flowers of a fœtid or feculent odor, hermaphrodite, in compound racemes.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines|T. H. Pardo de Tavera

In 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

feculent

/ (ˈfɛkjʊlənt) /

adjective

filthy, scummy, muddy, or foul

of the nature of or containing waste matter

Derived forms of feculent

feculence, noun

Word Origin for feculent

C15: from Latin faeculentus; see faeces

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