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IELTS BNC: 19671 COCA: 20863

excrement

noun

ex·​cre·​ment ˈek-skrə-mənt How to pronounce excrement (audio)
: waste matter discharged from the body
especially : feces
excremental adjective
excrementitious adjective

Example Sentences

an ordinance that requires dog walkers to remove their animal's excrement from city streets
Recent Examples on the Web Moshfegh’s fourth novel gets unusually creative with excrement and brutality. Jess Bergman, The New Republic, 22 June 2022 Their excrement, which was naturally full of minerals like phosphates, served as a good preservative, so the eggs didn’t fall apart but lasted for centuries. Lina Zeldovich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2022 When Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal defended his company’s ability to fight spam accounts, Musk responded with a series of tweets culminating in an emoji of excrement. Deepa Seetharaman, WSJ, 16 June 2022 In 2015, she was found dehydrated, emaciated, and covered in lice and excrement, weighing just 19 pounds. Adam Liptak, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 As of yet, excrement is not one of the ingredients in Ms. Kardashian’s new skin care line. New York Times, 1 June 2022 The swimming pool in the center of Kiara’s apartment complex is filled with brackish water and dog excrement. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 14 June 2022 Others are hunkering down to await an uncertain fate under Mr. Musk, who recently tweeted an image of cartoon excrement at the current CEO. Deepa Seetharaman, WSJ, 21 May 2022 On the floor of another sat two lumps of human excrement. Time, 14 Apr. 2022 See More

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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