scatological

adj

Etymology: From scatology + -ical. Compare eschatological.

1. Relating to the research area of scatology, the particulate study of biological excrement, feces, or dung.

   “The scientist could read the dinosaur dung to see what it had eaten. He was an expert in scatological studies.”

2. Relating to scatology, the use of obscenities.

   “His interest in scatological reading gained him very few friends.”