regurgitative
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- adjective
- /rɪˈɡɜrdʒɪˌteɪtɪv/
- Specialized
- Later in the day, as the adults return with full crops, the regurgitative feeding process can be observed.
Examples
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It came back to her a second, like some bitter, regurgitative mess rising with a hiccup.
Fiction book (1999) -
After eating too quickly, I felt a regurgitative sensation in my throat.
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Education has become too passive and regurgitative.
Blog text (27) -
You have a regurgitative reaction to mistruthin'.
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The baby bird's regurgitative feeding helps its siblings get the nutrients they need.
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When she experienced a regurgitative response, she realized she had eaten something spoiled.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
regurgitative = regurgitate (transparent) = regurgitate + ive
Formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-ive' to the verb 'regurgitate', so the meaning 'relating to or causing regurgitation' is directly derived.
Etymology
Regurgitative comes from Latin parts re- meaning 'back' and gurgitare, which is like the English word gurgle ('to make a bubbling sound'). So regurgitative describes something that causes or is about a 'back' flow of food or liquid in the body.