stercoraceous
/ˌstəːkəˈreɪʃəs
/adjective technical
Consisting of or resembling dung or faeces: figurative I think they’re hideous, repugnant, and stercoraceous...
- By the autumn of 1982, the stercoraceous material was about to collide with the oscillating cooling device.
- Finally stercoraceous vomiting took place and death followed in two days.
- At a later stage, the continuance of all the above symptoms, and the appearance of stercoraceous vomiting, are positive evidence.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from Latin stercus, stercor- 'dung' + -aceous.
- sentry
- sentry box
- sentry-go
- Senufo
- Senussi
- senza replica
- SEO
- Seoul
- sep.
- sepal
- separability
- separable
- separableness
- separably
- separate
- separate but equal
- separately
- separateness
- separate (or sort out) the men from the boys
- separate (or sort) the wheat from the chaff
- separate school
- separate the men from the boys
- pectineal
- pectinesterase
- pectineus