borborigmus
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek βορβορυγμός (borborugmós).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
borborigmus (countable and uncountable, plural borborigmi)
- A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.
- 1973: chilli 'n' trepidation were playing the devil with my small intestines and my borborigmus was often louder than the engine of the Rolls — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 94)
Translations[edit]
rumbling sound
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