ordure
English
/ˈɔːdj(ʊ)ə/, /ˈɔɹdʒʊɹ/
noun
Definitions
- Dung, excrement.
- (by extension) Dirt, filth.
- (by extension) Something regarded as contaminating or perverting the morals; obscene material.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ordur derived from Middle French ordure derived from ordure derived from Old French ordure (filth, dirt, moral filth, excrement, dung, refuse) derived from Latin horridus (horrid, dreadful, rough, bristly, savage, frightful, shaggy, rude) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (bristle, surprised, stand erect, stiff), *ǵʰers- (bristle, surprised, stand erect, stiff).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰers-
Gloss
bristle, surprised, stand erect, stiff
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- horrid English
- ordurous English
- abhorreō Latin
- abhorrēre Latin
- herna Latin
- hispidus Latin
- horrendus Latin
- horreō Latin
- horridus Latin
- horripilātus Latin
- horror Latin
- subhorridus Latin
- ordo Italian
- orrido Italian
- ordure French
- ordurer French
- ordurier French
- hórrido Spanish, Castilian
- χέρσος Ancient Greek
- *pil- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰer(s)-uk-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰers- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰr̥s-éh₁-(ye)-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰórsōs Proto-Indo-European
- ordur Middle English
- ord Old French
- ordure Old French
- urdoare Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ordure Middle French
- ordure xno
- ځیږ Pashto, Pushto