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scatological

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Relating to the research area of scatology, the particulate study of biological excrement, feces, or dung.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: formal

Examples

The scientist could read the dinosaur dung to see what it had eaten. He was an expert in scatological studies.

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adj

Meaning 2

Relating to scatology, the use of obscenities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

His interest in scatological reading gained him very few friends.

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adjective satellite

Meaning 3

dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

scatological literature

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From scatology + -ical. Compare eschatological.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Catalan: escatològic — relating to scatology, the study of faeces
French: scatologique — relating to scatology, the study of faeces
Hungarian: trágár — relating to scatology, the study of faeces
Italian: scatologico — relating to scatology, the study of faeces
Polish: skatologiczny — relating to scatology, the study of faeces
Portuguese: escatológico — relating to scatology, the study of faeces
Swedish: skatologisk — relating to scatology, the study of faeces

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more scatological — comparative
most scatological — superlative
scatalogical — alternative, proscribed

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: scatologically

Related: scat, scatology, scatologist, dirty

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