"ordure" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ɔrˈdiu̯r(ə)/ Forms: ordures [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French ordure and Anglo-Norman ordure, ordeur(e), ordor(e), ordour. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|frm|ordure}} Middle French ordure, {{bor|enm|xno|ordure}} Anglo-Norman ordure Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} ordure, {{enm-noun}} ordure (plural ordures)
  1. ordure, excrement Categories (topical): Feces
    Sense id: en-ordure-enm-noun-Z9WR9H4v Disambiguation of Feces: 91 4 5
  2. (by extension) filth, rubbish Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-ordure-enm-noun-FKgnvI8q
  3. (figuratively) moral filth, iniquity Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Ethics
    Sense id: en-ordure-enm-noun-m3TuZr8s Disambiguation of Ethics: 9 5 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ordoure, ordre, ordur [rare]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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