ingurgitation

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ingurgitation

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Latin ingurgitatio: compare French ingurgitation.

noun 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.
  2. That which is so swallowed greedily or immoderately.

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@misc{ingurgitation_2026,
  title = {ingurgitation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ingurgitation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}