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scatology|skəˈtɒlədʒɪ|
[f. Gr. σκατ-, σκῶρ dung + -ology.]
1. That branch of science which deals with diagnosis by means of the fæces.
1897in Syd. Soc. Lex.
2. That branch of palæontology which treats of fossil excrement or coprolites.
In recent Dicts.
3. Filthy literature.
1876N. & Q. Ser. v. V. 31 Mr. Swifte's suggestion that scatology may be derived from scateo. 1887Saintsbury Elizab. Lit. x. 370 A large quantity of mere scatology and doggerel. 1936R. Quintana Mind & Art of Jonathan Swift vi. ii. 360 From scatology one turns with relief to the capital verses entitled Helter Skelter. 1959N. O. Brown Life against Death xiii. 179 The most scandalous pieces of Swiftian scatology are..The Lady's Dressing Room, Strephon and Chloe, Cassinus and Peter. 1975Publishers Weekly 22 Sept. 134/1 Funny, albeit unintentional scatology in the [zodiacal] Sign abbreviations. |