Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Wednesday Word: Feculent

feculent |ˈfekyələntadjectiveof or containing dirt, sediment, or waste matter: their feet were forever slipping on feculent bog.DERIVATIVES feculence nounORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French féculent or Latin faeculentus, from faex, faec- dregs.
I learn so man great words reading Terry Pratchett, I just can't always tell the real ones from those he made up.

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