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Added 9 October 2026

manure

/məˈnjʊə/ noun

In Latin: stercus, fimum, fimus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about manure at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material.

verb

Spread manure, as for fertilization.

Origin

From Middle English maynouren, manuren (“to supervise, toil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman meinourer and Old French manovrer (whence also English maneuver, or in French manœuvrer) from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare (“work by hand”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + operārī (“to work”). Displaced native (in the plural) Old English mes.

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