In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FECES
Etymology
Noun
feces pl (plural only) (North American)
Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from the bowels; excrement.
Usage notes
• This word can be used with plural verbs ("feces have a strong smell") or singular ones ("feces has a strong smell"). Use with plural verbs is more common, especially in Britain, and is the only use recognized by some dictionaries, while others recognize both plural and singular use.
Synonyms
• (discharged animal waste): dung, excrement, faecal matter, caca or guano (of birds or bats only), manure (not used of human faeces)
• night soil, number two (euphemistic)
• doo, poo, poop, boo-boo, and doody (euphemistic or hypocoristic)
• crap, shit, turd, log (vulgar)
• See also feces
Source: Wiktionary
Fe"ces, n. pl.
Definition: dregs; sediment; excrement. See FÆces.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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