ordure

Meaning

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

Synonyms

excrement

feces

stool

faeces

dirt

dung

fecal matter

dejection

BM

filth

turd

faecal matter

libertinism

shit

💩

sluttishness

soil

shite

crap

foul language

debauchery

droppings

impureness

impurity

indecency

lousiness

manure

obscenity

poop

💩

refuse

ribaldry

scat

Hyphenated as

or‧dure

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔːdj(ʊ)ə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ordure

Cognate with French: ordure

In summary

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’).