ordure

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ordure, ordure, borrowed from Middle French ordure and Anglo-Norman ordure, ordeur(e), ordor(e), ordour from Old French ordure (“dirt, filth, refuse; dung, excrement; moral filth”) (modern French ordure), from ord (“filthy”) + -ure (suffix forming nouns describing the results of actions). Ord is derived from Latin horridus (“dreadful, frightful, horrid”), from horreō (“to stand erect, stand on end; to shiver, tremble; to be afraid of, dread; to be frightful”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“stiff; surprised”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːdj(ʊ)ə/, /-d͡ʒə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹd͡ʒʊɹ/ Hyphenation: or‧dure === Noun === ordure (countable and uncountable, plural ordures) Dung, excrement. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:feces (by extension) Dirt, filth. (by extension) Something regarded as contaminating or perverting the morals; obscene material. ==== Derived terms ==== ordurous ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === human waste on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === dourer == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French ord (“filthy”), from Latin horridus (“horrid”), + -ure. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔʁ.dyʁ/ === Noun === ordure f (plural ordures) garbage, refuse, rubbish dung, animal faeces (slang) obscenity, filthy material (slang, derogatory) a filthy person === Further reading === “ordure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === doreur, dorure, rôdeur == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ordoure, ordre, ordur (all rare) === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French ordure and Anglo-Norman ordure, ordeur(e), ordor(e), ordour. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔrˈdiu̯r(ə)/ === Noun === ordure (plural ordures) ordure, excrement (by extension) filth, rubbish (figuratively) moral filth, iniquity ==== Descendants ==== English: ordure ==== References ==== “ordūr(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.