scatological adjective2 •Relating to scatology, the use of obscenities.His interest in scatological reading gained him very few friends. •(formal) 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. formsmore scatological · most scatological