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Back after a bit of unscheduled stomach flu, in honor of which:
wamble (WOM-buhl, WAM-buhl) - v., to move unsteadily; to feel nausea; (of the stomach) to grumble or growl. n., an unsteady or rolling movement, a stagger; nausea, roiling or seething movement; a stomach rumble.
This one's been around for a while, in use since the early 1300s in its earlier form wamble. Origin is obscure but apparently related to Norwegian vamla, to stagger, and/or Danish vamle, become nauseated -- and there's a suggestion that they all might be from the same stem as Latin vomere, to vomit.
---L.
wamble (WOM-buhl, WAM-buhl) - v., to move unsteadily; to feel nausea; (of the stomach) to grumble or growl. n., an unsteady or rolling movement, a stagger; nausea, roiling or seething movement; a stomach rumble.
This one's been around for a while, in use since the early 1300s in its earlier form wamble. Origin is obscure but apparently related to Norwegian vamla, to stagger, and/or Danish vamle, become nauseated -- and there's a suggestion that they all might be from the same stem as Latin vomere, to vomit.
---L.
