Thursday, December 17, 2015

The Word -Eructation

Kolt rolled his eyes. "Please, if any girl would come my way it's because they got tired of the rest of the camp eructing into their faces every two seconds, as they drink." He raised an eyebrow. "I'm not rich. I'm a prisoner. Prisoners don't have money. You might have missed that memo."
"Probably because all the eruction taking place in the camp has temporarily addled my brain." She remarked leaning her head on his shoulder. "What is a poor girl to do?"
"Grab a horse and run." He muttered.
"Only if you come with me."
"I don't even know you."
"So?"
"Soo...I don't even know you. I'm already in one trap, don't need another one, Thank you." He shrugged her off his shoulder, turning away to eat his soup.

Eruction -an act or instance of belching

Added Info -"Eructation" is simply a fancier, and some might argue a more decorous, word for "belch." "Eructation" was borrowed from Latin in the 15th century; the verb "eruct," meaning "to belch," followed in the late 16th century. Both have their source in the Latin verb eructare, which is the frequentative form of erugere, meaning "to belch or disgorge." (A frequentative form is one that denotes a repeated or recurrent action or state.) Eructare shares as ancestor with the Greek word ereugesthai as well as Old English rocettan, both of which also means "to belch."

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