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English
Etymology
From Middle French feculent, from Latin faeculentus, from faex.
Pronunciation
Adjective
feculent (comparative more feculent, superlative most feculent)
- 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.
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French féculent.
Adjective
feculent m or n (feminine singular feculentă, masculine plural feculenți, feminine and neuter plural feculente)
- starchy
Declension