Now Rare the worthless part of anything; waste; dross
Origin of recrement
from French or L: French récrément from Classical Latin recrementum from re-, back + cernere, to separate: see harvestrecrement
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recrement
noun
Waste matter; dross.
Origin of recrement
Latin recrēmentum re- re- cernere crē- to separate ; see krei- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- rec′re·men′tal
adjective
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Noun
(plural recrements)
- waste matter or dross
- (biology) A bodily secretion that is reabsorbed into the blood
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