Excrementitious

smiling poo
Excrementitious
Definition: of or relating to excrement:  concerned with or caused by dung

It may not be readily apparent how a word defined in part as "concerned with or caused by dung" stands in as a substitute for "that sucks." But we speakers of the English language have long used words relating to excrement in highly figurative ways. Excrementitious has, over the years, provided us with a number of fine examples of such figurative use, as seen in the splenetic passage quoted below.

It would be also tedious and troublesome to enumerate the odious railing names and Epithites of Cham, Ismael, Shimei, Rabsheka, apostate; broadfac'd lie, brasenfac'd lie, putid lie, egregious lie, with such like excrementitious stuffe, that hath drop't from his venemous pen; and wherewith his Book is full fraught, as if composed at Bedlam or Billings-gate, unbeseeming any sober Christian, much more a Pastor of a congregation.
—Toby Allein, Truths Manifest Revived, 1659


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excrement
noun
ex·;cre·;ment ;ek-skr;-m;nt
Synonyms of excrement
: waste matter discharged from the body
especially : feces
excremental
;ek-skr;-;men-t;l
 adjective
excrementitious
;ek-skr;-;men-;ti-sh;s
-m;n-
 adjective

Synonyms
dirt
doo-doo
dropping
dung
excreta
feces
ordure
poop
scat
slops
soil
waste
Examples of excrement in a Sentence
an ordinance that requires dog walkers to remove their animal's excrement from city streets
Recent Examples on the Web
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Nutrients can come in different forms, including over-fertilizing your garden or lawn or excrement from fish.
—Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025
Mount Everest climbers now have to take their poop away with them, as human excrement has become a big problem on the world’s highest peak.
—Cnn, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
At the same time, harvested switchgrass is being adopted as a booster in novel processes to turn chicken litter — excrement and bedding left as byproducts of poultry production — into biofuel.
—Robin Roenker, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Hantavirus can be contracted from exposure to excrement from a mouse species that carries the virus.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2025
Word History
Etymology
Latin excrementum, from excernere

First Known Use
1533, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of excrement was in 1533
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