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Today's Word "eructation"

The act of belching on

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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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