cloacal

adjective

clo·​a·​cal klō-ˈā-kəl 

1

: constituting or carried by a cloaca

2

: having a cloaca

3

: concerned with or replete with obscenity or out-and-out indecency

a writer with a cloacal obsession

Word History

Etymology

Latin cloacalis, from cloaca + -alis -al

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Rhymes for cloacal

• confocal
• nonlocal
• focal
• local
• sokol
• vocal
• multifocal
• univocal