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Medieval Latin Derivatives of Merda

M. [i.e. Abbé François Chatillon], "'Cinq Lettres', ou Six?" Revue du Moyen Age Latin 36 (1980) 51-52, lists the following medieval Latin derivatives and compounds of Latin merda (= shit): See Ralph A. Lewin, Merde: Excursions in Scientific, Cultural and Sociohistorical Coprology (New York: Random House, 1999).

Related post: A Rare Latin Word.

Hat tip: Ian Jackson.

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