Antonyms for feculent


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fek-yuh-luh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛk yə lənt


Definition of feculent

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French féculent, from Latin faeculentus "abounding in dregs," from stem faec- (see feces). Related: Feculence.
  • As in rancid : adj rotten, strong-smelling
  • As in rank : adj stinking, foul
  • As in rotten : adj decayed, decaying
  • As in unclean : adj dirty
  • As in filthy : adj dirty, polluted
Example sentences :
  • Our light showed no tokens of a feculent or corrupted atmosphere.
  • Extract from : « A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland » by Samuel Johnson
  • The clayey mass of feculent matter forms a hard ball in the distended bowel, around which the small loose passages flow.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • It hit him squarely in the face, and the feculent contents streamed down to his chin.
  • Extract from : « Out of the Hurly-Burly » by Charles Heber Clark
  • Feculent, fek′ū-lent, adj. containing fces or sediment: muddy: foul.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
  • He who wishes to know what Night-Mare is, let him eat chestnuts before going to sleep, and drink after them feculent wine.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on the Incubus, or Night-Mare, Disturbed Sleep, Terrific Dreams and Nocturnal Visions » by John Waller
  • Sensibility is smothered in, the feculent steams of roast beef, and delicacy stained by the waste drippings of porter.
  • Extract from : « Lands of the Slave and the Free » by Henry A. Murray
  • Flowers of a fÅ“tid or feculent odor, hermaphrodite, in compound racemes.
  • Extract from : « The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines » by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  • In due time he was dragged across, half strangled, and dreadfully beslubbered by the feculent waters.
  • Extract from : « Fantastic Fables » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Hot tea, turbid beer, and feculent liquors will have the same effect.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

Synonyms for feculent

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