retromingent
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From retro- (“backwards”) + past participle of Latin mingō (“I urinate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
retromingent (plural retromingents)
- (obsolete) An animal that urinates backwards, such as the camel, hippo or raccoon.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.17:
- I confess by reason of the postick and backward position of the feminine parts in quadrupedes, they can hardly admit the substitution of a protrusion, effectuall unto masculine generation; except it be in Retromingents, and such as couple backward.
Translations[edit]
animal that urinates backwards
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Adjective[edit]
retromingent (comparative more retromingent, superlative most retromingent)
- (not comparable) That urinates backwards; also used of such urination.
- 1958, Lawrence Durrell, Mountolive:
- It sat down at last and, as if to express once and for all its disenchantment with the whole sum of canine existence, delivered itself of a retromingent puddle on the beautiful Shiraz.
- 2006 April 17, Danny Baker, “When the spit hits the fan”, in The Times:
- "Additionally, camels are retromingent animals, and so spectators would be advised to beware not only of flying saliva but of pitched urine as well."
- Cowardly.
Translations[edit]
that urinates backwards
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cowardly — see cowardly