stercoricolous

/ ˌstɜːkəˈrɪkələs /

adjective

1. (of organisms) living in dung

Word History and Origins

Origin of stercoricolous¹

C19: from Latin stercus dung + colere to live

Example Sentences

Here was then, after all, the strong and sure salvation of Philistia, in this quiet, unassuming common-sense, which dealt with the facts of life as facts, the while that the foolish laws, and the academical and stercoricolous nonsense of Philistia, reverberated as remotely and as unheeded as harmless summer thunder.

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