latrinal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or related to a latrine; being or relating to a place for urination or defecation.
adj
Related to defecation or other taboo body functions, scatological.
Example Sentences
- "This slit, with its cover, and a vessel placed upon a shelf, Fig. I.,k, laid across strips, e e, constitute the latrine.[…] Fig. II. shows the form of the latrinal opening, and also the position of the cushions on either side of it for the seat."
- "Felix always attended Venus upon her little latrinal excursions, holding her, serving her, and making much of all she did. To undo her things, lift her skirts, to wait and watch the coming, to dip a lip or finger in the royal output"
- "He drew a deep breath in and the smell from the morning ablutions of his neighboring slum dwellers hit his nostrils and immediately fouled his mood. The shores of the Bagmati river provided an ideal latrinal retreat for the men and women in the Basti and despite numerous protestations by him, the lure of the sandy beaches and plenty of water proved too strong a temptation for his neighbors."
- "As for the verbal humour, it is normally pornographic; but it achieves the latrinal."
- "Ieva Reklaityke’s work in Kalamazoo on sewers unclogged my mind, Martha Bayless’s latrinal insights were pleasantly pungent, and Kevin J. Wanner guided me to Eyrbyggja Saga."
Etymology
From latrine + -al.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more latrinal (comparative)
most latrinal (superlative)