English
feculence
Feculence comes from French féculence, and goes back to Latin faeculentia.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaeculentia
- Frenchc. 1600–presentféculence
- Englishearliest quotation 1996feculence
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfaeculentia
- Frenchc. 1600–presentféculence
- Englishearliest quotation 1996feculence
Earliest quotation: 1996, Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis: “At least his hangover was on the wane; all…”
Every English word from Latin faeculentia
Today it means
noun The state or quality of being feculent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin faeculentia / feculence