stercoraceous

English

Etymology

From Latin stercus (“dung”).

Adjective

stercoraceous (comparative more stercoraceous, superlative most stercoraceous)

  1. Consisting of, resembling or pertaining to feces.
    • 1771, Tobias Smollett, Humphry Clinker, Penguin Classics, 1985, p.46:
      He had reason to believe the stercoraceous flavour, condemned by prejudice as a stink, was, in fact, most agreeable to the organs of smelling.

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