micturate

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micturate

/ˈmɪkt͡ʃəɹeɪt/

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First attested in 1842; irregular back-formation from micturition on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin micturiō (“to urinate”).

Related to Old English mīgan (whence Early Middle English miȝen (“to urinate”)

verb micturates · micturating · micturated

formal, intransitive To urinate. David Lynch himself uses the down-time between takes to confer with A.D.’s and producers and to drink coffee and/or micturate into the undergrowth, and to smoke American Spirits and walk pensively around the Mercedeses and camera truck’s technical fray, sometimes holding one hand to his cheek in a w
Similar: break the seal, hit the head, micturate, pass water, pee, piddle, piss, slash, take a leak, take a piss, take a whiz, tinkle

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@misc{micturate_2026,
  title = {micturate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/micturate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}