gargarize

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English

Etymology

From Latin gargarizo, from Ancient Greek γαργαρίζω (gargarízō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)ɡəɹaɪz/

Verb

gargarize (third-person singular simple present gargarizes, present participle gargarizing, simple past and past participle gargarized)

  1. (obsolete) To gargle (rinse or wash mouth and throat).
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis , “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:
      to cease the Hiccough, Vinegar put to the Nostrils or Gargarized doth it also

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