dung

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun fecal matter of animals
  2. verb fertilize or dress with dung
  3. verb defecate; used of animals

Etymology

From Middle English dung, dunge, donge, from Old English dung (“dung; excrement; manure”), from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō (“dung”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”). Superseded non-native Middle English fen (“dung, excrement, filth”), from Old French fien, fiente (“dung, manure”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

droppings, muck

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