Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or consisting of ordure or dung; filthy. Drayton, Pastoral Eclogue, viii.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy.

Etymologies

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ordure +‎ -ous

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Examples

  • If this ordurous effort by le petit Tony sets back Anglo-French relations by some years, then unwittingly he may be doing us all a favour.

    Les Citoyens de la France, C'est Moi, Tony 2007

  • Janice, having divided her gaze between her prospective patient and the contents of her bag, had failed to notice how far down the polished boards the ordurous pool had spread.

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • Janice, having divided her gaze between her prospective patient and the contents of her bag, had failed to notice how far down the polished boards the ordurous pool had spread.

    Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • Janice, having divided her gaze between her prospective patient and the contents of her bag, had failed to notice how far down the polished boards the ordurous pool had spread.

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

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