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excrements

excrements is the plural of excrement.

Meaning of excrement

Noun (1)

excrement (countable and uncountable, plural excrements)

  1. (specifically) Human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
    • The Roman poet Horace states that the excrement of the crocodile has aphrodisiac virtues.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 71
  2. (archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or non-human animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
    • A French Gentleman was ever wont to blow his nose in his hand […]. He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie excrement had, that wee should have a daintie linnen cloth or handkercher to receive the same., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.97
    Synonyms:
    excretion, excretum

Noun (2)

excrement (plural excrements)

  1. (obsolete) Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails, etc.

Questions about excrements

What is excrements the plural of?
Excrements is the plural of excrement.

Words near excrements in the dictionary

  1. excrementize
  2. excrementized
  3. excrementizes
  4. excrementizing
  5. excrementous
  6. excrements
  7. excresce
  8. excresced
  9. excrescence
  10. excrescences
  11. excrescencies

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