or·dure \ˈȯrjər, ˈȯ(ə)jə(r\noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, filth, excrement, from Middle French, from ord filthy, foul (from Latin horridus horrid) + -ure — more at horrid 1.: excrement 2.: something (as pornographic material) that is morally degrading < these ordures are rapidly depraving the public taste — Thomas Jefferson >