GURGING

Verb

gurging

present participle of gurge

Anagrams

• rugging

Source: Wiktionary


GURGE

Gurge, n. Etym: [L. gurges.]

Definition: A whirlpool. [Obs.] The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge Boils out from under ground. Milton.

Gurge, v. t. Etym: [See Gorge.]

Definition: To swallow up. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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