scatology

sca·tol·o·gy

noun \ska-ˈtä-lə-jē, skə-\

Definition of SCATOLOGY

1

: interest in or treatment of obscene matters especially in literature

2

: the biologically oriented study of excrement (as for taxonomic purposes or for the determination of diet)

— scat·o·log·i·cal \ˌska-t^əl-ˈä-ji-kəl\ adjective

Origin of SCATOLOGY

Greek skat-, skōr excrement; akin to Old English scearn dung, Latin muscerdae mouse droppings

First Known Use: 1876

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with SCATOLOGY

chronology, gemology, graphology, horology, neurology, oology, pathology, psychology, technology, trichology, urology