recrement

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Apparently, one man's linguistic recrement (waste, refuse) is another man's treasure.

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  1. noun Waste matter; dross.

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  1. Latin recrēmentum : re-, re- + cernere, crē-, to separate; see krei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French recrement, French récrément =Spanish Portuguese recremento, refuse, from Latin recrementum, dross, slag, from recernere, from re-, back, + cernere, past participle cretus, separate: see concern, concrete, and cf. excrement.
 

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/ˈrɛkrəmənt/
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