Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feculence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fecu-lence
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being feculent.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Feculent matter; dregs, filth.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"At least his hangover was on the wane; all he felt now were a certain wateriness in the lower belly, and a feculence of mucus ramed up both nostrils, not unlike two small coral reefs."

Etymology

From French féculence, from Latin faeculentia. Doublet of feculency.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: féculence, faeculentia

Usage

Inflected Forms

feculences (plural) fæculence (alternative, obsolete) fæculency (alternative, obsolete) feculency (alternative, obsolete) faeculence (alternative)

Questions

What does feculence mean?: The state or quality of being feculent.
Where does feculence come from?: It is traced to French.

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