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excrementive

excrementive adjective: excretory.

Adjective

excrementive (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) excretory
    • It may, indeed, be thought a modesty in nature to cover those excrementive parts, which, left uncovered, perhaps might offer offence. In birds, they are wholly concealed by their feathers; in beasts, by the tail they are produced with.1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Origin of excrementive

From excrement + -ive.

Questions about excrementive

What does excrementive mean?
Excrementive means excretory.
What part of speech is excrementive?
Excrementive is an adjective.

Words near excrementive in the dictionary

  1. excremental
  2. excrementitial
  3. excrementitious
  4. excrementitiously
  5. excrementitiousness
  6. excrementive
  7. excrementize
  8. excrementized
  9. excrementizes
  10. excrementizing
  11. excrementous

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