excrementive

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English

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Etymology

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From excrement +‎ -ive.

Adjective

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excrementive (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) excretory
    • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
      It may, indeed, be thought a modesty in nature to cover those excrementive parts, which, left uncovered, perhaps might offer offence. In birds, they are wholly concealed by their feathers; in beasts, by the tail they are produced with.

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