regurgitate
/ˌɹɪˈɡɜːdʒəˌteɪt/rih-GUR-juh-tayt
/ˌɹɪˈɡɝdʒəˌteɪt/rih-GUR-juh-tayt
Meaningto gush back
Common meaning: to bring back up swallowed food
Other meanings: to repeat mechanically
- reagain; back
- gurga whirlpool; a gulfLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 831 · scan
- itateverb ending: to do repeatedly
‘again’ + ‘a whirlpool’ → regurgitate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin gurges ‘a whirlpool; a gulf’.
Roots
- gurges, -itis Latin “a whirlpool; a gulf”
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