ext_34538 ([identity profile] simplyn2deep.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1_million_words2023-03-13 11:54 pm

Word of the Day 03/13/23 Eruct

Eruct (verb)
eruct [ ih-ruhkt ]


verb (used with or without object)
1. to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
2. to emit or issue violently, as matter from a volcano.

WORDS RELATED TO ERUCT
belch, burp, discharge, disgorge, eject, expel, explode, gush, hiccup, hurl, repeat, spew, vent, eructate

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ORIGIN: 1660–70; < Latin ērūctāre to vomit, discharge violently, frequentative of ērūgere

HOW TO USE ERUCT IN A SENTENCE
Take care, Sancho, not to chew on both sides, and not to eruct in anybody's presence.
THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, VOLUME II., COMPLETE|MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

"Eruct, I shall say henceforth, and I swear not to forget it," said Sancho.
THE HISTORY OF DON QUIXOTE, VOLUME II., COMPLETE|MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

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