excrement
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skrə noun
waste matter discharged from the body, especially feces.
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excrement (ˈɛkskrɪmənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| waste matter discharged from the body, esp faeces; excreta | |
| [C16: from Latin excrēmentum, from excernere to sift, | |
| excremental | |
| —adj | |
| excrementitious | |
| —adj | |
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Excrement
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
excrement
1530s, "waste discharged from the body," from L. excrementum, from stem of excretus, pp. of excernere "to sift out, discharge," from ex- "out" + cernere "sift, separate" (see crisis). Originally any bodily secretion, especially from the bowels; exclusive sense of "feces" is since mid-18c.
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excrement ex·cre·ment (ěk'skrə-mənt)
n.
Waste matter or any excretion cast out of the body, especially feces.
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Example sentences
Human and animal excrement was piled in the yard, for sometimes a whole village did not have a single privy.
Bacteria from human excrement appears to be the culprit.
She said her employer burned her with an iron and forced her to eat excrement.
Given that this excrement is diluted by the excrement from hundreds of healthy animals, the actual amounts would be pretty small.
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