stercoraceous

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin stercus (“dung”).

Adjective

stercoraceous (comparative more stercoraceous, superlative most stercoraceous)

1. Consisting of, resembling or pertaining to feces.
   • 1771, Tobias Smollett, Humphry Clinker, Penguin Classics, 1985, p.46:

     He had reason to believe the stercoraceous flavour, condemned by prejudice as a stink, was, in fact, most agreeable to the organs of smelling.

Synonyms

• fecal
• stercorous