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sterquilinous

/stɜː(ɹ)ˈkwɪlɪnəs/

sterquilinous adjective: pertaining to a dunghill.

Adjective

sterquilinous (comparative more sterquilinous, superlative most sterquilinous)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to a dunghill
  2. mean; dirty; paltry.
    • every tressis agaso, any sterquilinous Rascal, is licens'd to throw dirt in the faces of Sovereign Princes in open printed language1655, James Howell, “To Dr. D. Featly”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC

Forms of sterquilinous

comparativemore sterquilinous
superlativemost sterquilinous

Origin of sterquilinous

From Latin sterquilinium (“a dung pit”), from stercus (“dung”), + -ous. See also Sterquilinus.

Questions about sterquilinous

What does sterquilinous mean?
Sterquilinous means pertaining to a dunghill.
What part of speech is sterquilinous?
Sterquilinous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sterquilinous?
Sterquilinous is pronounced /stɜː(ɹ)ˈkwɪlɪnəs/.

Words near sterquilinous in the dictionary

  1. Sterope
  2. steroscope
  3. sterotactic
  4. sterotaxic
  5. sterotypic
  6. sterquilinous
  7. Sterquilinus
  8. sterraster
  9. sterrasters
  10. Sterrett
  11. sterrettite

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