sterquilinous

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/stɜː(ɹ)ˈkwɪlɪnəs/

adjective

Pertaining to a dunghill

OriginLatin sterquilinium →
Scrabble 22
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Meanings

adjectivesterquilinous (comparative more sterquilinous, superlative most sterquilinous)

comparative more sterquilinous · superlative most sterquilinous

  1. obsoletePertaining to a dunghill
  2. mean; dirty; paltry.

    every tressis agaso, any sterquilinous Rascal, is licens'd to throw dirt in the faces of Sovereign Princes in open printed language

    1655, James Howell, “To Dr. D. Featly”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinsterquilinium“a dung pit”
  2. Englishsterquilinous

From Latin sterquilinium (“a dung pit”), from stercus (“dung”), + -ous. See also Sterquilinus.

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APA

sterquilinous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sterquilinous

MLA

“sterquilinous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sterquilinous. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sterquilinous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sterquilinous.

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