stercoraceous

Definitions

Consisting of, resembling or pertaining to feces.

Examples

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

“I made £150 by Alton Locke, and never lost a farthing; and I got, not in spite of, but by the rows, a name⟳ and a standing with many a one who would never have⟳ heard of me otherwise, and I should have⟳ been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer, while I was winning by the cross, though I didn't mean⟳ to fight⟳ one.”

“[W]e find⟳ it hard today to see⟳ the entertaining aspects of, for instance, stercoraceous jokes.”

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