feculent
UK/ˈfɛkjʊlənt/
feculent adjective: dirty with faeces or other impurities.
Adjective
feculent (comparative more feculent, superlative most feculent)
- Dirty with faeces or other impurities
- At this time in history the streets of London were as foul, feculent and disease-ridden as a series of interconnected dunghills, twice as dangerous as a battlefield, and as infrequently maintained as the lower cells of an asylum dungeon.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 84
feculent meaning in Tamil and Bengali
feculent in Tamil
- கலங்கலான, கூழான
feculent in Bengali
- নোংরা, আবর্জনাপূর্ণ
Synonyms of feculent
Forms of feculent
| comparative | more feculent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most feculent |
| alternative form | faeculent |
| alternative form (archaic) | fæculent |
Origin of feculent
From Middle French feculent, from Latin faeculentus, from faex.
Questions about feculent
- What does feculent mean?
- Feculent means dirty with faeces or other impurities.
- What is feculent in Tamil?
- Feculent in Tamil is கலங்கலான, கூழான. See Feculent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is feculent?
- Feculent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce feculent?
- Feculent is pronounced /ˈfɛkjʊlənt/ (UK).
Words near feculent in the dictionary
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