ordure
pronunciation
How to pronounce ordure in British English:
UK [ˈɔ:djʊə(r)]
How to pronounce ordure in American English:
US [ˈɔrdʒər]
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- Noun:
- solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
Word Origin
- ordure (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French ordure "filth, uncleanliness" (12c.), from ord, ort "filthy, dirty, foul," from Latin horridus "dreadful" (see horrid).
Example
- 1. Human problems , e.g. ordure , and garbage are difficult to solve .
- 2. Apparent , you will find a lot of cockroach 's ordure somewhere on the kitchen cabinet .
- 3. Seized-by other blacks , not whites-force-marched to the coast carrying ivory or copper , then inspected like animals , sold and crammed into ships , they made the 30-40-day voyage chained and forced to lie in their own ordure and vomit .