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Definition of Ordurous
1. a. Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy.
Definition of Ordurous
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to ordure; filthy. ¹
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Definition of Ordurous
1. ordure [adj] - See also: ordure
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Literary usage of Ordurous
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1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"The bondage and servility that lay On buried Israel (sunk in ordurous slime) That
to lean care oft lent the prosperous time. His grieved spirit down heavily ..."
2. English Sanitary Institutions: Reviewed in Their Course of Development, and by John Simon (1897)
"... of ordurous liquids, as made one universal atmosphere of filth and stink.
In the last page of Dr. Smith's ..."
3. A West-Pointer in the Land of the Mikado by Laura De Lany Garst (1913)
"... so different from the close, ordurous atmosphere of Tsukiji, where boats loaded
with poudrette often lay for hours in the canals of the neighborhood. ..."
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