ordure

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   solid bodily waste; dung or excrement; literary or formal

   The stable floor was cleared of straw and ordure each morning.

2. 2
   noun

   filth, refuse, or something regarded as morally contaminating; literary

   The essay condemns the propaganda as intellectual ordure.

From Middle English ordure, borrowed from Old French ordure, 'dirt, filth, or excrement,' formed from ord, 'filthy,' + -ure. The French adjective is commonly traced ultimately to Latin horridus, 'rough, dreadful.'

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