scatology
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ə noun
1.
the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
2.
obscenity, especially words or humor referring to excrement.
3.
the study of fossil excrement.
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| 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. |
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scatology (skæˈtɒlədʒɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the scientific study of excrement, esp in medicine for diagnostic purposes, and in palaeontology of fossilized excrement |
| 2. | obscenity or preoccupation with obscenity, esp in the form of references to excrement |
| sca'tologist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
scatology
"obscene literature," 1876, from Gk. skat-, stem of skor (gen. skatos) "excrement" (from PIE base *sker- "to defecate") + -logy "treatise, study."
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
scatology sca·tol·o·gy (skā-tŏl'ə-jē, skə-)
n.
The study and analysis of feces for physiological and diagnostic purposes. Also called coprology.
An obsession with excrement or excretory functions.
The psychiatric study of such an obsession.
scat'o·log'i·cal (skāt'l-ŏj'ĭ-kəl) or scat'o·log'ic (-ĭk) adj.
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Example sentences
Not really depicting his entire life and loves, much of this is fictionalized scatology.
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