Definition
ordures
noun
- Plural of ordure; feces or excrement, especially of animals.
Usage: formal or literary; often used in a figurative sense to mean something foul or disgusting
Examples
- The stable was covered with ordures from the horses.
- He spoke of his rival's behavior as nothing but ordures and lies.
- The street cleaners removed the ordures left by the animals.
- The poet used ordures as a metaphor for moral corruption.
- Medieval cities struggled with the accumulation of ordures in their streets.