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ingurgitate verb Most people are familiar with regurgitate as a fancy synonym for "throw up," but far fewer know of its rarer antonym ingurgitate. It's a word more likely to turn up in a spelling bee than in a conversation, but it does see occasional use, both literal (as in "ingurgitating red wine") and figurative (as in "ingurgitating artwork"). Regurgitate and ingurgitate (as well as gurgitate, an even rarer synonym of ingurgitate, and gorge, meaning "to eat greedily") can be ultimately traced back to the Latin word for "whirlpool," which is gurges. : to swallow greedily or in large quantities : guzzle

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May 12, 2015 in-GUR-juh-tayt "Because we always listen to 'the experts,' we make sure to ingurgitate some protein after an extended endurance workout." - Christopher Arns, Sacramento (California) Bee August 31, 2013   "The twilight deepens, one talks … feelingly about the amorous mysteries, one produces cocktails … and goes on talking so that they ingurgitate them absent-mindedly without reflection." - Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point, 1928

Word	ingurgitate
Date	May 12, 2015
Type	verb
Syllables	in-GUR-juh-tayt
Etymology	Most people are familiar with regurgitate as a fancy synonym for "throw up," but far fewer know of its rarer antonym ingurgitate. It's a word more likely to turn up in a spelling bee than in a conversation, but it does see occasional use, both literal (as in "ingurgitating red wine") and figurative (as in "ingurgitating artwork"). Regurgitate and ingurgitate (as well as gurgitate, an even rarer synonym of ingurgitate, and gorge, meaning "to eat greedily") can be ultimately traced back to the Latin word for "whirlpool," which is gurges.
Examples	"Because we always listen to 'the experts,' we make sure to ingurgitate some protein after an extended endurance workout." - Christopher Arns, Sacramento (California) Bee August 31, 2013 "The twilight deepens, one talks … feelingly about the amorous mysteries, one produces cocktails … and goes on talking so that they ingurgitate them absent-mindedly without reflection." - Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point, 1928
Definition	: to swallow greedily or in large quantities : guzzle

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