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excremental

excremental

1 8.4
Relating to waste matter the body gets rid of
  • adjective
  • /ˌɛkskrɪˈmɛntəl/
  • NSFW
translation icon : excrementicio
  • Excremental odors from overflowing toilets spread everywhere.

Examples

  • In fact, Burton knew a lot about excremental places.

    Blog text (14)
  • Since men cannot give birth, Nicole Belmont suggests that this eventuality, evoked at the mythological level, can sometimes be related to the excremental function.

    Academic text (2005)
  • His interest in the issue was understandable—the site once termed him "vice president of excremental affairs."

    Academic text (2016)
  • The farmer used excremental fertilizer to enrich the soil in his fields.

  • The excremental waste from the animals was carefully collected for composting.

  • They noticed an excremental odor near the organic farm, indicating some animal presence.

Synonyms

fecal
vsexcremental
  • Specialized
22 6.3

Relating to human or animal waste

is about relation or composition, not only about containing waste matter
excrementitious
vsexcremental
  • NSFW
9.9

Relating to human or animal waste

relates to actual waste matter rather than just resembling it

Antonyms

1.0

Free from dirt or harmful things

390 1.0

Has nothing mixed with it

Surface Forms

excremental positive

Morphology

excremental = excrement (transparent) = excrement + al

The adjective is a regular suffixal derivation meaning 'relating to excrement'.

Etymology

The word excremental comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and cernere 'to separate', so it originally named what the body 'separates out'. That's why excremental describes waste matter, especially feces.