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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