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Date: 1900-2000
Language: Greek
Origin: skat-, the stem of skor 'waste from the body'

scatological

 adjective
     
scat‧o‧lo‧gic‧al formal
too interested in or related to human waste, in a way that people find offensive:
scatological humour
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