feculent

See also: féculent

English

Alternative forms

• fæculent (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French feculent, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin faeculentus, from faex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛkjʊlənt/

Adjective

feculent (comparative more feculent, superlative most feculent)

1. Dirty with faeces or other impurities

   Synonyms: turbid, sullied, foul, filthy, fetid

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 84:

     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.

Translations

feculent

• German: fäkulent, kotartig, kotig (de), verkotet, verschmutzt (de)
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References

• “feculent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.