defecation

[def-i-keyt]

def·e·cate

[def-i-keyt] verb, def·e·cat·ed, def·e·cat·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to void excrement from the bowels through the anus; have a bowel movement.
2.
to become clear of dregs, impurities, etc.
verb (used with object)
3.
to clear of dregs, impurities, etc.; purify; refine.

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Defecation is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Origin:
1565–75; < Latin dēfaecātus (past participle of dēfaecāre to cleanse, refine), equivalent to dē- de- + faec- (stem of faex dregs, sediment) + -ātus -ate1

def·e·ca·tion, noun
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defecate or defaecate (ˈdɛfɪˌkeɪt)
 
vb
1.  (intr) to discharge waste from the body through the anus
2.  (tr) to clarify or remove impurities from (a solution, esp of sugar)
 
[C16: from Latin dēfaecāre to cleanse from dregs, from de- + faex sediment, dregs]
 
defaecate or defaecate
 
vb
 
[C16: from Latin dēfaecāre to cleanse from dregs, from de- + faex sediment, dregs]
 
defe'cation or defaecate
 
n
 
defae'cation or defaecate
 
n
 
'defecator or defaecate
 
n
 
'defaecator or defaecate
 
n

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