EXCREMENT

Etymology 1

Noun

excrement (countable and uncountable, plural excrements)

(now specifically) Human and animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.

(archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.

Synonyms

• See also feces

Etymology 2

Noun

excrement (plural excrements)

(obsolete) Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails etc.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex"cre*ment, n. Etym: [L. excrementum, fr. excernere, excretum, to skin out, discharge: cf. F. excrément. See Excrete.]

Definition: 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, n. Etym: [L. excrementum, fr. excrescere, excretum, to grow out. See Excrescence.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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