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ordure

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or⋅dure

  [awr-jer, ‑dyoor]
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–noun
dung; manure; excrement.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < OF, = ord filthy (< L horridus horrid ) + -ure -ure

Related forms:
or⋅dur⋅ous, adjective
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or·dure   (ôr'jər)   
n.  

  1. Excrement; dung.

  2. Something morally offensive; filth.


[Middle English, from Old French, from ord, filthy, from Latin horridus, frightful, from horrēre, to shudder.]
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