stercorous, a.
(ˈstɜːkərəs)
Also 6 -us.
[ad. L. stercorōs-us, f. stercor-, stercus dung: see -ous.]
Stercoraceous, excrementitious.
| 1542 Boorde Dyetary xvi. (1870) 272 A swyne..with stercorus matter doth fede in Englande. 1880 Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Dec. 719 Unlike Dante, he never permitted the too fetid contact of their stercorous feculence to befoul the sandal of his Muse. |