stercoraceous

American  

[stur-kuh-rey-shuhs] / ˌstɜr kəˈreɪ ʃəs /

Also stercorous

adjective

Physiology.

1. consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to dung or feces.

---

stercoraceous British  

/ ˌstɜːkəˈreɪʃəs /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or consisting of dung or excrement

---

Etymology

Origin of stercoraceous

1725–35; < Latin stercor- (stem of stercus ) dung + -aceous

Example Sentences

Of gardening he had always been fond; and he understood it as shown by the loving though somewhat "stercoraceous" minuteness of some passages in The Task.

From Cowper by Smith, Goldwin

But the dwarf undertaker does not on that account scorn stercoraceous fare: he feasts upon it like the other Onthophagi.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Those hells are therefore named accordingly; some are called cadaverous, some stercoraceous, some urinous, and so on.

From Angelic Wisdom Concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom by Ager, John

Wordsworth would never have spoken of "embellished Nature," "embroidered banks," or applied the word "elegant" to a rose, any more than he would have used "lubricity" or "stercoraceous" in verse.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science by Various

The hat of Walter the Doubter falling on a stercoraceous heap of compost, in the rear of the house, began forthwith to vegetate.

From Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies by Irving, Washington