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English
Etymology
From Latin faeculentus.
Adjective
fæculent (comparative more fæculent, superlative most fæculent)
- Obsolete form of feculent.
1881, Alfred Poulet, A Treatise on Foreign Bodies in Surgical Practice, William Wood & Company, page 210:Not only is it no longer advisable to administer gross, fæculent substances, and fatty articles, be he must, on the contrary, prevent the hardening and thickening of the fæces by the administration of laxatives and sedatives.