Jerry Goldsmith
22 July 2004, 3:28 PM

Word Of The Day
22 July 2004, 11:34 AM

Finally came across another word I didn't know in Dictionary.com's word-of-the day:

Word of the Day for Thursday July 22, 2004

eructation \ih-ruhk-TAY-shuhn\, noun: The act of belching; a belch.

Ignatius belched, the gassy eructations echoing between the walls of the alley. --John Kennedy Toole, [1]A Confederacy of Dunces

The explosion, at this distance, sounds like a faint, feeble eructation. --Peter Conrad, "Bangs to whimpers," [2]The Observer, March 7, 2004 _________________________________________________________

Eructation comes from Latin eructatio, from eructare, from e-, "out" + ructare, "to belch."

Honestly, I had no idea.