Schite

Part of speech: noun, adjective, interjection

Definitions

1. Human or animal waste matter, a vulgar Scots term ; to pass waste from the bowels, a vulgar Scots verb
2. Faeces, the waste expelled from the body in Scots usage ; to void the bowels, used as a coarse verb in Scottish dialect
3. Dung or excrement as a crude Scots noun ; the act of emptying the bowels, a blunt verb found in Scots speech

Etymology: In Old English, "scītan" was an ordinary verb meaning "to defecate," with no particular coarseness attached. It descended into Middle English as "schiten," and the noun "schite" grew from the same stem to mean the matter itself. Scots and Northern English kept the spelling "schite" in use, and it survives there for animal dung, while "shite" is the more common spelling in Irish and British English. The word has close relatives across the Germanic languages, including Dutch "schijten" and German "scheißen," which share the same root and the same basic sense of excreting. The English noun "shit" comes from the same Old English verb, so "schite" is a regional sibling of the more familiar form. The interjection use, as an exclamation of anger or dismay, developed later from the noun.