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feculency

feculency is the obsolete 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 feculency

pluralfeculencies

Origin of feculency

From Latin faeculentia. Doublet of feculence.

Questions about feculency

What is feculency the obsolete form of?
Feculency is the obsolete form of feculence.

Words near feculency in the dictionary

  1. feculae
  2. feculas
  3. feculence
  4. feculences
  5. feculencies
  6. feculency
  7. feculent
  8. fecund
  9. fecundabilities
  10. fecundability
  11. fecundable

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