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 (cf. Medieval Latin gurgulātio) or a Germanic borrowing (cf. Middle Dutch gorgelen).

Noun

gurguling

A gurgling in the stomach.

References

“gurguling, ger.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
James A. H. Murray [et al.], editor (1884–1928) , “Gurguling”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 515.

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