ordure

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"[39 The devil might be driven out in disgust, it was thought, by the use of disgusting materials--ordure, the grease made from executed criminals, the livers of toads, the blood of rats, and so on.

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  1. noun Excrement; dung.
  2. noun Something morally offensive; filth.

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  • The streets of the Promised Land flowed not with milk and honey but with ordure, and the glories of Askalon and Asdod were faded indeed. —  0 Jerusalem - Laurie R. King - Russell-Holmes 05
  • "Outrageous what Manure, ordure, dung, feces, stool Turd Whatever," he agreed crossly. —  Piers Anthony - [Xanth 29] - Pet Peeve (2005)
  • Sir Henry tried to keep his breathing shallow so he would not have to inhale the noxious miasma of ordure, sweat and rot. —  Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwell
  • In his own spirited protest he tells us of the 'ordure' that was thrown at him; and it is an old saying that if enough mud be thrown some will stick. —  Henry Fielding: A Memoir
  • However, if Zardari can't quiet things in Punjab and resumes military activities in the Pashtun areas and everything turns to ordure, the United States might decide that there's no alternative to another round of military rule. —  CounterPunch
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from ord, filthy, from Latin horridus, frightful, from horrēre, to shudder.

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  1. from Middle English ordure, from Old French (and F.) ordure (= Italian ordura), filth, excrement, from ord = Italian orrido, foul, dirty, nasty, from Latin horridus, horrid: see horrid.
 

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/ˈɑrdʒər/
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