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or·dure
(ôr′jər)n.
1. Excrement; dung.
2. Something morally offensive; filth.
[Middle English, from Old French, from ord, filthy, from Latin horridus, frightful, from horrēre, to shudder.]
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ordure
(ˈɔːdjʊə)n
1. excrement; dung
2. something regarded as being morally offensive
[C14: via Old French, from ord dirty, from Latin horridus shaggy]
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or•dure
(ˈɔr dʒər, -dyʊər)n.
dung; manure; excrement.
or′dur•ous, adj.
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Noun | 1. | ordure - solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body meconium - thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child |
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