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ingurgitation

ingurgitation noun: the act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; gulp.

Noun

ingurgitation (plural ingurgitations)

  1. The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; gulp.
    • Debilitated people, who have been unfortunately accustomed to great ingurgitation of spirituous potation, frequently part with a great quantity of water during the night, but with not more than usual in the day-time.1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or the Laws of Organic Life, Section XVIII
    • And it is written of Epicurus, that he procured the same for himself; for after his disease was judged desperate, he drowned his stomach and senses with a large draught and ingurgitation of wine ...1864, Francis Headlam translation (from Latin) of Francis Bacon, Instauratio Magna (1630), "On the Dignity and Advancement of Learning", Book IV
  2. That which is so swallowed greedily or immoderately.

ingurgitation meaning in Urdu

ingurgitation in Urdu

غٹ غٹ, ہڑپ, ٹھونس ٹھان

Examples of ingurgitation in a sentence

  • I have lain on the floor of the sea and breathed with the breathing of the sea-anemone, swallowed with ingurgitation of the sponge.1935, T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral, Part II:
  • In America, the basically Puritan foundations were undermined by the ingurgitation of German transcendentalism ...1956 June, Oskar Seidlin, “Review of Review of Deutscher Geist und angelsächsische Geistesgeschichte by Klaus Dockhorn”, in Modern Language...

Forms of ingurgitation

pluralingurgitations

Origin of ingurgitation

Latin ingurgitatio: compare French ingurgitation.

Questions about ingurgitation

What does ingurgitation mean?
Ingurgitation means the act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; gulp.
What is ingurgitation in Urdu?
Ingurgitation in Urdu is غٹ غٹ, ہڑپ, ٹھونس ٹھان. See Ingurgitation meaning in Urdu.
How do you use ingurgitation in a sentence?
I have lain on the floor of the sea and breathed with the breathing of the sea-anemone, swallowed with ingurgitation of the sponge.
What part of speech is ingurgitation?
Ingurgitation is a noun.
What is the plural of ingurgitation?
The plural of ingurgitation is ingurgitations.

Words near ingurgitation in the dictionary

  1. ingulphs
  2. ingurgitate
  3. ingurgitated
  4. ingurgitates
  5. ingurgitating
  6. ingurgitation
  7. ingurgitations
  8. Inguri
  9. Ingush
  10. Ingush Autonomous Oblast
  11. Ingushes

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