† merdurinousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Composed of excrement and urine. Also figurative.
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stercorous1542
excremental1574
excrementitious1586
faecical1594
excrementous1600
turdyc1600
ordurous?1606
merdurinous1616
excrementious1636
stercorarious1656
stercorean1656
stercoreous1659
stercorary1664
stercorose1727
stercoraceous1731
stercoral1739
excremential1847
excrementitial1857
excretal1864
excretitiousc1865
excretory1878
fimetic1880
pooey1967
1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes cxxxiii, in Wks. I. 815 Who shall discharge first his merd-vrinous load.
1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 99/2 If shee thriue and grow fat, it is with the merdurinous draffe of our imperfections.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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