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Meaning of ordurous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
/ˈɔɹd͡ʒʊɹəs/

Definitions

  1. Filthy; revolting.
  2. Pertaining to or consisting of ordure (dung).

Examples

“His greeued spirit downe heauily doth way,”
“[…] the plump brown face had been deflated and patted flat like a cow’s ordurous dropping.”
“Whoopla laughter scuttling after him and a gold tooth winksome, bawdy dogstar in the ordurous jaws of fellatio major.”
“1983, Bill Greenwell, limerick in E. O. Parrott (ed.) The Penguin Book of Limericks, 1984, p. 233, The reason we’re asked to endure A gutter press, smutty, impure, Is that old river Fleet, Whose name’s on the street, Is an ordurous, underground sewer.”
“[…] brown face had been deflated and patted flat like a cow's ordurous dropping.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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