Meanings
plural feculences · alternative obsolete fæculence · alternative obsolete fæculency · alternative obsolete feculency · alternative faeculence
- countableuncountableThe state or quality of being feculent.
- countableuncountableFeculent matter; dregs, filth.
At least his hangover was on the wane; all he felt now were a certain wateriness in the lower belly, and a feculence of mucus ramed up both nostrils, not unlike two small coral reefs.
1996, Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, Bloomsbury, published 2011, page 42
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinfaeculentia
- Frenchféculence
- Englishfeculence
From French féculence, from Latin faeculentia. Doublet of feculency.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan feculència
- feculènciastate of being feculent
French féculence
- féculencestate of being feculent
German Fäkulenz, Kotartigkeit
- Fäkulenzstate of being feculent
- Kotartigkeitstate of being feculent
Spanish feculencia
- feculenciastate of being feculent
Cite this entry
feculence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feculence
“feculence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feculence. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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