Feces - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Feces : (noun)

1: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: fecal matter, faecal matter, faeces, BM, stool, ordure, dejection]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Faeces \F[ae]"ces\, n.pl. [L. faex, pl. faeces, dregs.] Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation. [Written also feces.]

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Feces : \Fe"ces\, n. pl. dregs; sediment; excrement. See F[AE]ces.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Feces : Feces: The medical and scientific term for the "excrement discharged from the intestines."

The word "feces" (or its English version "faeces") in Shakespeare in this context until the 17^th century "feces" merely meant the "dregs or sediment" of wine or some other fermented product.

Based on the Latin "faex" and "faecis" meaning the dregs or sediment. "Feces" is the plural. There is no singular.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)