scatology

[ skuh-tol-uh-jee ]

noun

1. the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
2. obscenity, especially words or humor referring to excrement.
3. the study of fossil excrement.

scatology

/ skæˈtɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the scientific study of excrement, esp in medicine for diagnostic purposes, and in palaeontology of fossilized excrement
2. obscenity or preoccupation with obscenity, esp in the form of references to excrement

Derived Forms

• scaˈtologist, noun

Other Words From

• scat·o·log·i·cal [skat-l-, oj, -i-k, uh, l], scato·logic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scatology¹

First recorded in 1875–80; scato- + -logy