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单词 ordure
释义

ordure

noun

or·​dure ˈȯr-jər How to pronounce ordure (audio)
1
: excrement
2
: something that is morally degrading

Synonyms

  • dirt
  • doo-doo
  • dropping
  • dung
  • excrement
  • excreta
  • feces
  • poop
  • scat
  • slops
  • soil
  • waste
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Example Sentences

polite people do not discuss ordure in public
Recent Examples on the Web My group first watched a video, which explained that the plant’s effluent would be released into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, a thirty-mile-long waterway built in the late nineteenth century to rid the city of its ordure. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New York Review of Books, 9 Feb. 2022 Poking at the ordure with a stick, Cipollone pointed out the beech mast and berries on which the bear had fed. Christopher Preston, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020 President Nicolás Manuro: Creating ordure out of chaos. Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2019 In gardens, the scent of frangipani carries on the damp breeze; in cities, that unmistakably Indian blend of ordure, asphalt and spice. The Economist, 27 June 2019 At the bottom of the tube sat a half-inch of what looked like frozen mud, but was, in fact, orca ordure. Kate Brooks, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017 At the bottom of the tube sat a half-inch of what looked like frozen mud, but was, in fact, orca ordure. Kate Brooks, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from ord dirty, foul, from Latin horridus horrid

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

ordure

noun

as in dung
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal polite people do not discuss ordure in public

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dung
  • soil
  • dirt
  • excrement
  • excreta
  • feces
  • poop
  • slops
  • dropping
  • muck
  • scat
  • doo-doo
  • stool
  • manure
  • sewage
  • waste
  • dunghill
  • guano
  • midden
  • sewerage
  • spoor
  • coprolite
  • night soil
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