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Webster 1913 Edition

Excrement

Ex′cre-ment

,
Noun.
[L.
excrementum
, fr.
excernere
,
excretum
, to skin out, discharge: cf. F.
excrément
. See
Excrete
.]
Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure.

Ex′cre-ment

,
Noun.
[L.
excrementum
, fr.
excrescere
,
excretum
, to grow out. See
Excrescence
.]
An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth.
[Obs.]
“Ornamental excrements.”
Fuller.
Living creatures put forth (after their period of growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which are
excrements
and no parts.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Excrement

EX'CREMENT

,
Noun.
[L. excrementum, from excerno, excretus; ex and cerno, to separate.]
Matter excreted and ejected; that which is discharged from the animal body after digestion; alvine discharges.

Definition 2024

excrément

excrément

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French

Noun

excrément m ‎(plural excréments)

  1. excrement (animal solid waste)

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