manurial

English

Etymology

manure +‎ -ial

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /mə.ˈnʌɹ.i.əl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mə.ˈnjʊəɹ.ɪ.əl/, /mə.ˈnjɔːɹ.ɪəl/

Adjective

manurial (comparative more manurial, superlative most manurial)

1. Of or pertaining to manure.
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXVI, [1]

     I understood from Anscra that all the filth and refuse of the settlement—except a certain portion kept for manurial purposes, and sent to the plantation—was thrown into this torrent nightly and swept perhaps hundreds of miles away.

   • 1917, Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland:

     Birds' dung has been held in high regard since time immemorial as a fertiliser, and the fact that this wonderful new manure was composed of birds' dung, and had a strong manurial smell, undoubtedly helped it to come rapidly into favour among farmers.

References

• “manurial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “manurial”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.