feculent

See also: féculent

English

Alternative forms

• faeculent
• fæculent (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French feculent, from Latin faeculentus, from faex.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛkjʊlənt/

Adjective

feculent (comparative more feculent, superlative most feculent)

1. Dirty with faeces or other impurities

   Synonyms: turbid, sullied, foul, filthy, fetid

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 84:

     At this time in history the streets of London were as foul, feculent and disease-ridden as a series of interconnected dunghills, twice as dangerous as a battlefield, and as infrequently maintained as the lower cells of an asylum dungeon.

Translations

feculent

• Azerbaijani: poxlu
• Bulgarian: лайнян (lajnjan)
• German: fäkulent, kotartig, kotig (de), verkotet, verschmutzt (de)
• Latin: faeculentus
• Turkish: boklu (tr)

References

• “feculent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French féculent.

Adjective

feculent m or n (feminine singular feculentă, masculine plural feculenți, feminine and neuter plural feculente)

1. starchy

Declension

Declension of feculent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	feculent		feculentă	feculenți	feculente
	definite	feculentul		feculenta	feculenții	feculentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	feculent		feculente	feculenți	feculente
	definite	feculentului		feculentei	feculenților	feculentelor