qui vive

Pronounced: key-VEEV, noun

Notes: I do know this word, but not the origin or the correct pronunciation

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Yesterday’s word

The word ingurgitate means “to swallow greedily or in large amounts”

First usage

Our word came into English in the mid-1500s

Background / Comments

I did not know that this word exists, but it is surely very similar to the verb “wolf” (as in “wolf one’s food”, except that our word applies to drink instead of food. It sounds like a fun word to drop into conversation (if it can be remembered). It comes from the Latin word gurgitare (to flood), which came from gurges (whirlpool).