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sca·tol·o·gy    Audio Help   [skuh-tol-uh-jee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
2.obscenity, esp. words or humor referring to excrement.
3.the study of fossil excrement.
Also called coprology.

[Origin: 1875–80; scato- + -logy]

—Related forms
scat·o·log·i·cal    Audio Help   [skat-l-oj-i-kuhl] Pronunciation Key, scat·o·log·ic, adjective
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  obscene
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Offensive to accepted standards of decency.
Synonyms:  barnyard, bawdy, broad, coarse, dirty, Fescennine, filthy, foul, gross, lewd, nasty, profane, ribald, scatologic, scurrilous, smutty, vulgar
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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