scatological
scatological adjective: relating to the research area of scatology, the particulate study of biological excrement, feces, or dung.
Adjective
scatological (comparative more scatological, superlative most scatological)
- Relating to the research area of scatology, the particulate study of biological excrement, feces, or dung.
- The scientist could read the dinosaur dung to see what it had eaten. He was an expert in scatological studies.
- Relating to scatology, the use of obscenities.
- His interest in scatological reading gained him very few friends.
- Notwithstanding that episode, this film is refreshingly low on scatological gags and other gross-out humor, preferring all-purpose bad jokes to bathroom ones.1993 May 21, Janet Maslin, “From 'Rambo' to Rodham, Smirking All the Way”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2020, retrieved 22 Apr 2014
Forms of scatological
| comparative | more scatological |
|---|---|
| superlative | most scatological |
| alternative proscribed | scatalogical |
Origin of scatological
From scatology + -ical. Compare eschatological.
Words formed from scatological
Questions about scatological
- What does scatological mean?
- Scatological means relating to the research area of scatology, the particulate study of biological excrement, feces, or dung.
- What part of speech is scatological?
- Scatological is an adjective.
Words near scatological in the dictionary
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