"scatological" meaning in English

See scatological in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-us-scatological.oga Forms: more scatological [comparative], most scatological [superlative]
Etymology: From scatology + -ical. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scatology|ical}} scatology + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj}} scatological (comparative more scatological, superlative most scatological)
  1. (formal) Relating to the research area of scatology, the particulate study of biological excrement, feces, or dung. Tags: formal Categories (topical): Biology, Feces
    Sense id: en-scatological-en-adj-2918HhDe Disambiguation of Biology: 100 0 Disambiguation of Feces: 48 52
  2. Relating to scatology, the use of obscenities. Categories (topical): Feces Translations (relating to scatology, the study of faeces): trágár (Hungarian), escatológico (Portuguese), skatologisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scatological-en-adj-qWs-5TQQ Disambiguation of Feces: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ical, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ical: 16 84 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'relating to scatology, the study of faeces': 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: scat, scatology, scatologist

Alternative forms

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