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feculent, a.|ˈfɛkjʊlənt|
Also 6 feaculent, 7–9 fæculent.
[a. Fr. féculent, ad. L. fæculentus, f. fæc-, fæx: see fæces and -ulent.]
1. Containing or of the nature of fæces or dregs; abounding with sediment or impurities; thick, turbid. Now usually with stronger sense: Laden or polluted with filth; foul, fetid.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. iii. in Ashm. (1652) 140 Feculent feces. 1578Banister Hist. Man v. 81 The grosse and feaculent part of blood. 1607Topsell Serpents (1608) 71 Any feculent or dreggy refuse. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies iii. iii. 445 A misty Air, Fog and Fæculent. a1703Burkitt On N.T. Rev. xxii. 1 A river, not of muddy or feculent water, but clear as crystal. 1777Howard Prisons Eng. (1780) 8 Air which has performed its office in the lungs, is feculent and noxious. 1804Med. Jrnl. XII. 469 The evacuation of fæculent matter.
fig.1653Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 300 Such feculent stuff. 1660Waterhouse Arms & Arm. 200 Heralds..distinguishable from the fæculent plebs..by their gay Coats. a1734North Exam. ii. v. §93 (1740) 373 Every Word here is feculent and stinks. 1866Lond. Rev. 4 Aug. 130/1 The most feculent corruptions of modern civilization.
†2. Covered with fæces; filthy. Obs.
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. vii. 61 Both his handes most filthy feculent. |