[f. COPRO- + -LOGY; cf. Gr. κοπρολόγος dung-gatherer, dirty fellow.] A gathering of ordure; filth in literature or art.
1856. Times, 29 Jan. Pictures of his particular contributions to coprology.
1858. Sat. Rev., 28 Aug., 204/1. The Greek Anthology—or Coprology as it ought to be called.
1889. Swinburne, Study B. Jonson, ii. 95. All English readers, I trust, will agree with me that Coprology should be left to Frenchmen.
