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Excrement Very Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Excrement has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body

2

Human and animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.

3

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

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
waste
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
fecal matter fecula wormcast human waste urine vomit guano

Origin

The word comes from Latin excrēmentum, which originally meant something that is excreted. It derives from the verb excernō, meaning "to excrete."

Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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