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Definitions for feculent
ˈfɛk yə ləntfecu·lent

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. feculentadjective

    foul with waste matter

Wiktionary

  1. feculentadjective

    Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid.

  2. Etymology: faeculentus, from faecula: confer féculent.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Feculentadjective

    Foul; dreggy; excrementitious.

    Etymology: fæculentus, Lat. feculent, French.

    But both his hands, most filthy feculent,
    Above the water were on high extent,
    And fain’d to wash themselves incessantly,
    Yet nothing cleaner were for such intent. Fairy Queen.

    We may affirm them to be to the body as the light of a candle to the gross and feculent snuff, which as it is not pent up in it, so neither doth it partake of its stench and impurity. Joseph Glanvill, Apology.

Wikipedia

  1. feculent

    ‹See Tfd› Feces (or faeces), known colloquially and in slang as poo and poop, are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine. Feces contain a relatively small amount of metabolic waste products such as bacterially altered bilirubin, and dead epithelial cells from the lining of the gut.Feces are discharged through the anus or cloaca during defecation. Feces can be used as fertilizer or soil conditioner in agriculture. They can also be burned as fuel or dried and used for construction. Some medicinal uses have been found. In the case of human feces, fecal transplants or fecal bacteriotherapy are in use. Urine and feces together are called excreta.

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  1. feculent

    Feculent is an adjective that refers to something being foul, dirty, or murky. It may also imply something resembling or containing waste matter or refuse. It is often used figuratively to describe something that is morally impure or corrupt.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Feculentadjective

    foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid

  2. Etymology: [L. faeculentus, fr. faecula: cf. F. fculent. See Fecula.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Feculent

    fek′ū-lent, adj. containing fæces or sediment: muddy: foul.—ns. Fec′ulence, Fec′ulency.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of feculent in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of feculent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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