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ordurous

US/ˈɔɹd͡ʒʊɹəs/

ordurous adjective: filthy; revolting.

Adjective

ordurous (comparative more ordurous, superlative most ordurous)

  1. Filthy; revolting.
    • His greeued spirit downe heauily doth way,1604, Michael Drayton, Moses his Birth and Miracles, Book 1, in The Muses Elizium, London: John Waterson, 1630, p. 137, The bondage and seruilitie that lay On buried Israel (sunke in ordurous slime)
    • […] the plump brown face had been deflated and patted flat like a cow’s ordurous dropping.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 22, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 137
  2. Pertaining to or consisting of ordure (dung).
    • […] brown face had been deflated and patted flat like a cow's ordurous dropping.2012 April 18, Maya Angelou, The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou, Modern Library, →ISBN, page 126

Forms of ordurous

comparativemore ordurous
superlativemost ordurous

Origin of ordurous

From ordure + -ous.

Questions about ordurous

What does ordurous mean?
Ordurous means filthy; revolting.
What part of speech is ordurous?
Ordurous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ordurous?
Ordurous is pronounced /ˈɔɹd͡ʒʊɹəs/ (US).

Words near ordurous in the dictionary

  1. Ordubad
  2. Orduna
  3. Ordunas
  4. ordure
  5. ordures
  6. ordurous
  7. Ordway
  8. Ordways
  9. Ordzhonikidze
  10. ore
  11. ore belt

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