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faeculence

faeculence is the alternative form of feculence.

Meaning of feculence

Noun

feculence (countable and uncountable, plural feculences)

  1. The state or quality of being feculent.
  2. Feculent matter; dregs, filth.
    • At least his hangover was on the wane; all he felt now were a certain wateriness in the lower belly, and a feculence of mucus ramed up both nostrils, not unlike two small coral reefs.1996, Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, Bloomsbury, published 2011, page 42

Forms of faeculence

pluralfaeculences

Questions about faeculence

What is faeculence the alternative form of?
Faeculence is the alternative form of feculence.

Words near faeculence in the dictionary

  1. faecalomas
  2. faecaluria
  3. faeces
  4. faecolith
  5. faecoliths
  6. faeculence
  7. faeculences
  8. faeculent
  9. faeder
  10. faeders
  11. faefolk

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