feculent
See also: féculent
English
Alternative forms
- faeculent
- fæculent (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French feculent, from Latin faeculentus, from faex.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɛkjʊlənt/
Adjective
feculent (comparative more feculent, superlative most feculent)
- Dirty with faeces or other impurities
- Synonyms: turbid, sullied, foul, filthy, fetid
- 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 84:
- At this time in history the streets of London were as foul, feculent and disease-ridden as a series of interconnected dunghills, twice as dangerous as a battlefield, and as infrequently maintained as the lower cells of an asylum dungeon.
Translations
feculent
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References
- feculent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Romanian
Etymology
From French féculent.
Adjective
feculent m or n (feminine singular feculentă, masculine plural feculenți, feminine and neuter plural feculente)
- starchy
Declension
Declension of feculent
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | feculent | feculentă | feculenți | feculente | ||
| definite | feculentul | feculenta | feculenții | feculentele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | feculent | feculente | feculenți | feculente | ||
| definite | feculentului | feculentei | feculenților | feculentelor | |||