scatological
scatological · more scatological · most scatological
Relating to the research area of scatology, the particulate study of biological…Relating to the research area of scatology, the particulate study of biological excrement, feces, or dung.
US/skætəlˈɔdʒəkəl/
Meaning
2 senses(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.
Relating to scatology, the use of obscenities.
His interest in scatological reading gained him very few friends.
More definitions
- dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From scatology + -ical. Compare eschatological.From scatology + -ical. Compare eschatological.
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Forms
more scatological, most scatological| Comparative | more scatological Lesson |
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| Superlative | most scatological Lesson |
regular
Word family
4 related wordsDerivedscatologically
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form