stercoraceous
UK/ˌstɜː.kəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/US/ˌstɝ.kəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/
stercoraceous adjective: consisting of, resembling or pertaining to feces.
Adjective
stercoraceous (comparative more stercoraceous, superlative most stercoraceous)
- Consisting of, resembling or pertaining to feces.
- He had reason to believe the stercoraceous flavour, condemned by prejudice as a stink, was, in fact, most agreeable to the organs of smelling.1771, Tobias Smollett, Humphry Clinker, Penguin Classics, published 1985, page 46
- I made £150 by Alton Locke, and never lost a farthing; and I got, not in spite of, but by the rows, a name and a standing with many a one who would never have heard of me otherwise, and I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer, while I was winning by the...1856 May, Thomas Hughes, quoting Charles Kingsley, “Prefatory Memoir”, in Charles Kingsley, Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet. […], London: Macmillan and Co., published 1876, →OCLC, page lvi
- Synonyms:
- fecal, stercorous
stercoraceous meaning in Tamil
stercoraceous in Tamil
- மலஞ் சார்ந்த
Synonyms of stercoraceous
Forms of stercoraceous
| comparative | more stercoraceous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most stercoraceous |
Origin of stercoraceous
From Latin stercorāceus, from stercus (“dung”).
Words that rhyme with stercoraceous
- gracious
- sequacious
- tenacious
- vexatious
- hellacious
- herbaceous
- ostentatious
- rapacious
- sebaceous
- vinaceous
- vivacious
- -aceous
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- acanthaceous
- alsinaceous
- audacious
- capacious
- contumacious
- cretaceous
- fallacious
- farinaceous
- flirtatious
- inefficacious
- juglandaceous
- mendacious
- micaceous
- orchidaceous
- perspicacious
- pertinacious
- salacious
- saponaceous
- spacious
- strobilaceous
- veracious
- voracious
- Acacius
- acinaceous
- alliaceous
- amentaceous
- amylaceous
- annonaceous
- apocynaceous
- argillaceous
- atramentaceous
- avenaceous
- bardacious
- bulbaceous
- camphoraceous
- camphrous
- carbonaceous
- cetaceous
- cucurbitaceous
- curvaceous
- dicacious
- edacious
- efficacious
- erinaceous
- fabaceous
- frumentaceous
- lamentacious
- lauraceous
Questions about stercoraceous
- What does stercoraceous mean?
- Stercoraceous means consisting of, resembling or pertaining to feces.
- What is stercoraceous in Tamil?
- Stercoraceous in Tamil is மலஞ் சார்ந்த. See Stercoraceous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is stercoraceous?
- Stercoraceous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce stercoraceous?
- Stercoraceous is pronounced /ˌstɜː.kəˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/ (UK).
Words near stercoraceous in the dictionary
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