Meanings
adjectivefæculent (comparative more fæculent, superlative most fæculent)
comparative more fæculent · superlative most fæculent
- archaicArchaic form of feculent.
Not only is it no longer advisable to administer gross, fæculent substances, and fatty articles, be he must, on the contrary, prevent the hardening and thickening of the fæces by the administration of laxatives and sedatives.
1881, Alfred Poulet, A Treatise on Foreign Bodies in Surgical Practice, William Wood & Company, page 210
Origin
- Latinfaeculentus
- Englishfæculent
From Latin faeculentus.
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