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micturate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈmɪkt͡ʃəɹeɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1842; irregular back-formation from micturition on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin micturiō (“to urinate”). Related to Old English mīgan (whence Early Middle English miȝen (“to urinate”) See also Mingere and meiere: urination.

Meanings

1. (formal, intransitive) To urinate.
   • Jeffrey Lebowski: So every time -- I just want to understand this, sir -- every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the (owner) --? 1998, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski:
   • David Lynch himself uses the down-time between takes to confer with A.D.’s and producers and to drink coffee and/or micturate into the undergrowth, and to smoke American Spirits and walk pensively around the Mercedeses and camera truck’s technical fray, sometimes holding one hand to his cheek in a way that recalls Jack Benny. 1997, David Foster Wallace, “David Lynch keeps his head”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group:

Forms

Deriveds

micturator

Relateds

retromingent · micturition · micturient

Synonyms

wee · pass water · take a whiz · piss · take a piss · whiz · widdle · wee wee · slash · urinate · hit the head · tinkle · micturate · pee · void · take a leak · piddle · break the seal