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Feculent

Feculent \Fec"u*lent\, a. [L. faeculentus, fr. faecula: cf. F. f['e]culent. See Fecula.] Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid.

Both his hands most filthy feculent.
--Spenser.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
feculent

"muddy, turbid, full of dregs or impurities," late 15c., from Middle French féculent, from Latin faeculentus "abounding in dregs," from stem faec- "sediment, dregs" (see feces) + adjective suffix -ulentus "full of." Related: Feculence.

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feculent

a. Dirty with faeces or other impurities; turbid; foul, filthy, fetid.

WordNet
feculent

adj. foul with waste matter; of or relating to feces [syn: fecal, faecal]

Usage examples of "feculent".

It expressed the secret feculent menace of a forest or swamp, or of a simple plant arching in kitchen sunlight.

In due time he was dragged across, half strangled, and dreadfully beslubbered by the feculent waters.

I refer, of course, to the reiving of our funds by that insufferable rogue, that leprous villain, that feculent dastard, that heinous rapscallion, that irremissible scapegrace, that—"

Here he and his feculent crew committed numerous deeds of an unspecifiable enormity.