English Explanatory Dictionary

ordure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Dung, excrement.
  2. Dirt, filth.
  3. Something regarded as contaminating or perverting the morals; obscene material.

Pronunciation

/ˈɔːdj(ʊ)ə/ /-d͡ʒə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ordure.wav /ˈɔɹd͡ʒʊɹ/

Word forms

ordure ordures

Etymology

From Middle English ordure, ordure, borrowed from Middle French ordure and Anglo-Norman ordure, ordeur(e), ordor(e), ordour from Old French ordure (“dirt, filth, refuse; dung, excrement; moral filth”) (modern French ordure), from ord (“filthy”) + -ure (suffix forming nouns describing the results of actions). Ord is derived from Latin horridus (“dreadful, frightful, horrid”), from horreō (“to stand erect, stand on end; to shiver, tremble; to be afraid of, dread; to be frightful”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“stiff; surprised”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’).

Synonyms

boo-boo boom-boom caca cack chocolate chocolate hot dog crap crud danna dejection dirt do do doo-doo doody dook dookie dooky droppings dump dumplings dung Eartha Eartha Kitt excrement faeces faex fecal matter feces flop fudge gong guano ish jobby log merd muck nature night soil number two ordure pile of shit poo pooh poop poopie poo-poo poopy pure purging scat sharn shit shite soil stool thost tom tit turd waste

Derived words

ordurous
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