Meaning of excrementitious | Babel Free
Definitions
Of or pertaining to the nature of excrement.
Examples
“wormwood, and the like⟳, […]dissipate and digest any inutile or excrementitious moisture which lieth in the flesh”
“in their excretive faculty in evacuating the excrementicious humours”
“[It is an opinion of some moderns] that it [vital flame] requires constant eventilation, through the trachea and pores of the body for the discharge of a fuliginous and excrementitious vapour.”
“Every Genius and Temper, as the sundry sorts of Beasts and living Creatures, have⟳ their proper excrement: and it is the part of a wise man to take⟳ notice⟳ of it, and to chuse what is profitable, as well as to abandon what is useless and excrementitious.”
“You are to die⟳— […] I absolve you from all except yourself, spiritual, bodily—that is eternal, (The corpse you will leave⟳ will be but excrementitious.)”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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