stercoraceous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of stercoraceous
1725–35; < Latin stercor- (stem of stercus ) dung + -aceous
Example Sentences
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Of gardening he had always been fond; and he understood it as shown by the loving though somewhat "stercoraceous" minuteness of some passages in The Task.
From Cowper by Smith, Goldwin
But the dwarf undertaker does not on that account scorn stercoraceous fare: he feasts upon it like the other Onthophagi.
From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
At times the horse laughter is even slightly flavored with the stercoraceous smell of the stable.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
Those hells are therefore named accordingly; some are called cadaverous, some stercoraceous, some urinous, and so on.
From Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom by Ager, John
The hat of Walter the Doubter falling on a stercoraceous heap of compost, in the rear of the house, began forthwith to vegetate.
From Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies by Irving, Washington
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