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Eructate   Listen
verb
Eructate, Eruct  v. t.  To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch. (R.)






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"Eructate" Quotes from Famous Books



... Sancho," said Don Quixote, "means to belch, and that is one of the filthiest words in the Spanish language, though a very expressive one; and therefore nice folk have had recourse to the Latin, and instead of belch say eruct, and instead of belches say eructations; and if some do not understand these terms it matters little, for custom will bring them into use in the course of time, so that they will be readily understood; this is the way a language ...
— Don Quixote • Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra



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