gurguling

Middle English

Etymology

A hapax legomenon treated by the Middle English Dictionary as a gerund of an unattested verb (*gurgulen?). Possibly of Latin origin, from Medieval Latin gurgulātio, or a Germanic borrowing, from Middle Dutch gorgelen or Middle High German gurgeln, all from Latin gurgulio (“gullet”) and ultimately imitative.

Noun

gurguling

1. A gurgling in the stomach.

References

• “gurguling, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Gurguling”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 515.