coprology
(kɒˈprɒlədʒɪ)
[f. copro- + -logy; cf. Gr. κοπρολόγος dung-gatherer, dirty fellow.]
A gathering of ordure; filth in literature or art.
| 1856 Times 29 Jan., Pictures of his particular contributions to coprology. 1858 Sat. Rev. 28 Aug. 204/1 The Greek Anthology—or Coprology as it ought to be called. 1889 Swinburne Study B. Jonson ii. 95 All English readers, I trust, will agree with me that Coprology should be left to Frenchmen. |