borborygmi
/bɔːbəˈɹɪɡmaɪ/
borborygmi is the plural of borborygm.
borborygmi is the plural of borborygmus.
Meaning of borborygm
Noun
borborygm (plural borborygms or borborygmi)
- A gurgling or rumbling noise produced by gas in the bowels.
- Borborygm, a rumbling Noiſe in the Guts.[1707, “Borborygm”, in Glossographia Anglicana Nova: Or, A Dictionary, Interpreting such Hard Words of Whatever Language, as are at Present Used in the English Tongue, with Their Etymologies...
- Synonyms:
- borborygmus
- A gurgling or rumbling.
- [Susan] Sontag then pauses for the space of a paragraph to deliver a swift verbal kick at American fiction for its technical unadventurousness, its lack of an avant-garde, and its tendency to interpretive borborygm.1997, David Solway, “Never on Sontag”, in Random Walks: Essays in Elective Criticism, Montreal, Que.; Kingston, Ont.: McGill-Queen's University Press, →ISBN, part 1, page 6
Meaning of borborygmus
Noun
borborygmus (plural borborygmi)
- A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.
- Synonyms:
- borborygm
- Something resembling borborygmus.
- Finally, the emotional borborygmus subsiding, she produced, at last, the words: "It is said 'Bonnet.' As the hat which is tied beneath the chin."1991, Rebecca Goldstein, The Dark Sister, Penguin Books, published 1993, page 36
Origin of borborygmi
From Greek βορβορυγμος (onomatopoeia).
Questions about borborygmi
- What is borborygmi the plural of?
- Borborygmi is the plural of borborygm.
- How do you pronounce borborygmi?
- Borborygmi is pronounced /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡmaɪ/.
Words near borborygmi in the dictionary
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