a. Obs. rare–1. [f. L. sterquilīni-um dunghill (f. stercus dung) + -OUS.] Of or belonging to the dunghill.
c. 1645. Howell, Lett. (1655), II. xlix. 58. It is just so now, that any triobolary pasquiller,… any sterquilinious rascal, is licenc’d to throw dirt in the faces of Soveraign Princes in open printed language.
1656. Blount, Glossogr. [1818 Todd (erron.) Sterquilinous. (So in later Dicts.)]
