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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EX'CREMENT, n. [L. excrementum, from excerno, excretus; ex and cerno, to separate.]
Matter excreted and ejected; that which is discharged from the animal body after digestion; alvine discharges.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body [syn: body waste, excretion, excreta, excrement, excretory product]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin excrementum, from excernere Date: 1533 waste matter discharged from the body; especially feces • excremental adjective • excrementitious adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (in sing. or pl.) faeces. Derivatives: excremental adj. Etymology: F excrément or L excrementum (as EXCRETE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Excrement Ex"cre*ment, n. [L. excrementum, fr. excernere, excretum, to skin out, discharge: cf. F. excr['e]ment. See Excrete.] Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Excrement Ex"cre*ment, n. [L. excrementum, fr. excrescere, excretum, to grow out. See Excrescence.] An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. [Obs.] ``Ornamental excrements.'' --Fuller. Living creatures put forth (after their period of growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which are excrements and no parts. --Bacon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Excrement is the solid waste that is passed out of a person or animal's body through their bowels. (FORMAL) The cage smelled of excrement.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Excretion, excreted matter. 2. Dung, faeces, ordure, dejections, alvine discharges.

Moby Thesaurus

carrion, corruption, dandruff, decay, dejecta, dejection, dejecture, discharge, effluent, egesta, ejecta, ejectamenta, ejection, excreta, excretes, extravasate, extravasation, exudate, exudation, filth, foul matter, furfur, gangrene, mess, muck, mucus, obscenity, ordure, pus, putrid matter, rot, scurf, scuz, slime, smut, snot, sordes, transudate, transudation, waste, waste matter