gargarism
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin gargarisma.
Noun
[edit]gargarism (plural gargarisms)
- (obsolete) Something used to gargle with; a gargle.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, II.4.2.iii:
- Such as are not swallowed, but only kept in the mouth, are gargarisms used commonly after a purge, when the body is soluble and loose.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French gargarisme.
Noun
[edit]gargarism n (plural gargarisme)
- medicine intended to be gargled
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | gargarism | gargarismul | gargarisme | gargarismele | |
| genitive-dative | gargarism | gargarismului | gargarisme | gargarismelor | |
| vocative | gargarismule | gargarismelor | |||