gurguling
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A hapax legomenon treated by the Middle English Dictionary as a gerund of an unattested verb (*gurgulen?). Possibly of Latin origin, from Medieval Latin gurgulātio, or a Germanic borrowing, from Middle Dutch gorgelen or Middle High German gurgeln, all from Latin gurgulio (“gullet”) and ultimately imitative.
Noun[edit]
gurguling
- A gurgling in the stomach.
References[edit]
- “gurguling, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Gurguling”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 515.
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