scatologicalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From scatology +‎ -ical. Compare eschatological.

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scatological (comparative more scatological, superlative most scatological)

1. (formal) Relating to the research area of scatology, the particulate study of biological excrement, feces, or dung.

   The scientist could read the dinosaur dung to see what it had eaten. He was an expert in scatological studies.

2. Relating to scatology, the use of obscenities.

   His interest in scatological reading gained him very few friends.

   • 1993 May 21, Janet Maslin, “From 'Rambo' to Rodham, Smirking All the Way”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 25 September 2020, retrieved 22 April 2014:

     Notwithstanding that episode, this film is refreshingly low on scatological gags and other gross-out humor, preferring all-purpose bad jokes to bathroom ones.

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関連する語

• scat
• scatology
• scatologist