scatological

English

Alternative forms

• (proscribed) scatalogical

Etymology

From scatology +‎ -ical. Compare eschatological.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

scatological (comparative more scatological, superlative most scatological)

1. (formal) Relating to the research area of scatology, the particulate study of biological excrement, feces, or dung.

   The scientist could read the dinosaur dung to see what it had eaten. He was an expert in scatological studies.

2. Relating to scatology, the use of obscenities.

   His interest in scatological reading gained him very few friends.

Related terms

• scat
• scatology
• scatologist

Translations

relating to scatology, the study of faeces

Hungarian: trágár (hu) Portuguese: escatológico Swedish: skatologisk

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Dutch: scatologisch (nl) French: scatologique (fr)