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scatology

[ skuh-tol-uh-jee ]
/ skəˈtɒl ə dʒi /
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noun
the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
obscenity, especially words or humor referring to excrement.
the study of fossil excrement.
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Also called coprology.

Origin of scatology

First recorded in 1875–80; scato- + -logy

OTHER WORDS FROM scatology

scat·o·log·i·cal [skat-l-oj-i-kuhl], /ˌskæt lˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, scat·o·log·ic, adjective

Words nearby scatology

scatback, scathe, scathing, scato-, scatological, scatology, scatoma, scatoscopy, scat singing, scatter, scatter-armed
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Words related to scatology

abomination, affront, atrocity, bawdiness, bawdry, blight, blueness, coarseness, curse, dirt, dirtiness, evil, filth, filthiness, foulness, immodesty, impropriety, impurity, indecency, indelicacy

British Dictionary definitions for scatology

scatology
/ (skæˈtɒlədʒɪ) /
noun
the scientific study of excrement, esp in medicine for diagnostic purposes, and in palaeontology of fossilized excrement
obscenity or preoccupation with obscenity, esp in the form of references to excrement

Derived forms of scatology

scatologist, noun
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