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<blockquote data-quote="dilligaf" data-source="post: 1054434" data-attributes="member: 11476"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>eructation</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><img src="http://www.merriam-webster.com/images/wod/mwol2010_audio_pron_blue.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #757575"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">\ih-ruk-TAY-shun\</span></span></span></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>DEFINITION</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #757575"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em>noun</em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><strong>:</strong> an act or instance of belching</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>EXAMPLES</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Excessive <em>eructation</em> is a common side-effect of that particular medication. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Granted, American political campaigns since 1789 have often been vicious, with presidential candidates accused (usually falsely) of sins ranging from bigamy, bribery and drunkenness to atheism, foreign birth or even habitual <em>eructation</em>." — From a column by Ed Corson in <em>The Macon Telegraph</em> (Georgia), October 15, 2010</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>DID YOU KNOW?</strong></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">"Eructation" is simply a fancier, and some might argue a more decorous, word for "belch." "Eructation" was borrowed from Latin in the 15th century; the verb "eruct," meaning "to belch," followed in the late 16th century. Both have their source in the Latin verb "eructare," which is the frequentative form of "erugere," meaning "to belch or disgorge." (A frequentative form is one that denotes a repeated or recurrent action or state.) "Eructare" shares an ancestor with Greek word "ereugesthai" as well as Old English "rocettan," both of which also mean "to belch."</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Read more at <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/#4tAQQBb3EHMiO82P.99" target="_blank">Merriam-Webster Online</a></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dilligaf, post: 1054434, member: 11476"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] [LIST] [*][B]eructation[/B] [*][IMG]http://www.merriam-webster.com/images/wod/mwol2010_audio_pron_blue.gif[/IMG] [*][COLOR=#757575][FONT=Verdana]\ih-ruk-TAY-shun\[/FONT][/COLOR] [/LIST] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] [LIST] [*][B]DEFINITION[/B] [*] [/LIST] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#757575][FONT=Verdana][I]noun[/I][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=verdana][B]:[/B] an act or instance of belching [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] [LIST] [*][B]EXAMPLES[/B] [*] [/LIST] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]Excessive [I]eructation[/I] is a common side-effect of that particular medication. "Granted, American political campaigns since 1789 have often been vicious, with presidential candidates accused (usually falsely) of sins ranging from bigamy, bribery and drunkenness to atheism, foreign birth or even habitual [I]eructation[/I]." — From a column by Ed Corson in [I]The Macon Telegraph[/I] (Georgia), October 15, 2010[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] [LIST] [*][B]DID YOU KNOW?[/B] [*] [/LIST] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]"Eructation" is simply a fancier, and some might argue a more decorous, word for "belch." "Eructation" was borrowed from Latin in the 15th century; the verb "eruct," meaning "to belch," followed in the late 16th century. Both have their source in the Latin verb "eructare," which is the frequentative form of "erugere," meaning "to belch or disgorge." (A frequentative form is one that denotes a repeated or recurrent action or state.) "Eructare" shares an ancestor with Greek word "ereugesthai" as well as Old English "rocettan," both of which also mean "to belch."[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial] Read more at [url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/#4tAQQBb3EHMiO82P.99]Merriam-Webster Online[/url][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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