WORD OF THE DAY DEPT.

fimicolous

PRONUNCIATION:

(fy-MIK-uh-luhs, fuh-)

MEANING:

adjective: Living in or growing in animal excrement.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin fimus (dung) + colere (to inhabit).

USAGE:

"UPON EXAMINATION, IT WAS SEEN THE ENTIRETY OF THE CMMDR'S CAREER WAS FIMICOLOUS."

Jonathan J. Malone; The Chronicles of Kingdom Come; BookSurge Publishing; 2009.