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

Examples of excrement in a Sentence

an ordinance that requires dog walkers to remove their animal's excrement from city streets
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Director Shawn Levy stages the cartoonish violence with less verve than David Leitch’s in Deadpool 2, which featured the franchise’s paradigmatic transition — from the close-up of a sphincter to a human eye — making the point that this is all excrement. Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024 Trash was strewn about the unit, and the toilet was clogged with excrement. Jeff McDonald, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024 Over the summer the museum changed its name to the London Museum as part of a rebrand that included redesigning its logo, which is now a white clay pigeon that has emptied its bowels of golden excrement. George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 6 Sep. 2024 Gross and goofy, this semi-supernatural home invasion is mostly about one woman’s struggle to clean up another woman’s excrement. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for excrement 

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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Cite this Entry

“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excrement. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

excrement

noun
ex·​cre·​ment ˈek-skrə-mənt How to pronounce excrement (audio)
: waste matter discharged from the body and especially from the anus

Medical Definition

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

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