Associations to the word «Scatology»

Wiktionary

SCATOLOGY, noun. The scientific study, or the chemical analysis of faeces.
SCATOLOGY, noun. A filthy epithet.

Dictionary definition

SCATOLOGY, noun. A preoccupation with obscenity (especially that dealing with excrement or excretory functions).
SCATOLOGY, noun. (medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats