excrement

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excernō (“I excrete”).

noun

  1. (now specifically) Human and animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
  2. (archaic) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs.
    A French Gentleman was ever wont to blow his nose in his hand […]. He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie excrement had, that wee should have a daintie linnen cloth or handkercher to receive the same. , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.97

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscō (“I grow out”).

noun

  1. (obsolete) Something which grows out of the body; hair, nails etc.

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