Sunday, August 22, 2010

Today's Word "Eructation"


Eructation \ih-ruhk-TAY-shuhn\ (noun) - The act of belching; a belch.

"Ignatius belched, the gassy eructations echoing between the walls of the alley." -- John Kennedy Toole, 'A Confederacy of Dunces'

Eructation comes from Latin eructatio , from eructare , from e- , "out" + ructare , "to belch."

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