wamble

[prettygoodword]

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.

Comments

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*sends you healing vibes*

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Thanks -- am much better.

---L.