faeces
Meaningdregs
Common meaning: bodily waste
- faecdregs, sedimentLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 720 · scan
- esLatin verb stem part (-esc-, beginning to)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin faex ‘dregs, sediment’.
Roots
- faex, faecis Latin “dregs, sediment”
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