ordurous

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɔɹd͡ʒʊɹəs/

Definition of ordurous

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Filthy; revolting.
    “His greeued spirit downe heauily doth way,”
    “[…] the plump brown face had been deflated and patted flat like a cow’s ordurous dropping.”
    “Whoopla laughter scuttling after him and a gold tooth winksome, bawdy dogstar in the ordurous jaws of fellatio major.”
    “1983, Bill Greenwell, limerick in E. O. Parrott (ed.) The Penguin Book of Limericks, 1984, p. 233, The reason we’re asked to endure A gutter press, smutty, impure, Is that old river Fleet, Whose name’s on the street, Is an ordurous, underground sewer.”
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adj

  1. Filthy; revolting.
    “His greeued spirit downe heauily doth way,”
    “[…] the plump brown face had been deflated and patted flat like a cow’s ordurous dropping.”
    “Whoopla laughter scuttling after him and a gold tooth winksome, bawdy dogstar in the ordurous jaws of fellatio major.”
    “1983, Bill Greenwell, limerick in E. O. Parrott (ed.) The Penguin Book of Limericks, 1984, p. 233, The reason we’re asked to endure A gutter press, smutty, impure, Is that old river Fleet, Whose name’s on the street, Is an ordurous, underground sewer.”
  2. Pertaining to or consisting of ordure (dung).
    “[…] brown face had been deflated and patted flat like a cow's ordurous dropping.”

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Etymology

From ordure + -ous.

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