Definition of SCATOLOGICAL

scatological

Adjective Satellite

  • dealing pruriently with excrement and excretory functions
    • "scatological literature"

Adj

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

Examples

  • His interest in scatological reading gained him very few friends.
  • The scientist could read the dinosaur dung to see what it had eaten. He was an expert in scatological studies.

Origin / Etymology

From scatology + -ical. Compare eschatological.

Scrabble Score: 17

scatological: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
scatological: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scatological: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

scatological: valid Words With Friends Word