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gurges¹

  • /ˈɡɝd͡ʒiz/ US
  • /ˈɡɜːd͡ʒiːz/ UK

Where it comes from

From Middle English gurges, from Latin gurges. Doublet of gorge and gour.

noun gurges · gurgeses · gurge

  1. rare A whirlpool. It was early—only ten p.m.—but already gurgeses of light and gales of sound frothed in unison to a familiar relentless heartbeat.
  2. A series of typically four to six concentric annulets (in early heraldry, from at least the 1200s), or a spiralling line from the centre to the edge of the shield (in late heraldry); a stylized whirlpool. Argent, a gurges azure, is borne by GORGES, of Langford, Wilts., created a Baronet 1612. As the gurges (like the fountain) represents water, argent and azure are its proper tinctures.

    Similar: gorges

gurges²

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

noun

  1. plural plural of gurge

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@misc{gurges_2026,
  title = {gurges},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gurges},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}