singultus: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

Aug. 20, 2014

singultus \sing-GUHL-tuhs\ noun 1. Medicine/Medical. a hiccup. Quotes He waited for her to calm down, then spoke. "Madam, the boy has singultus--hiccups in layman's terms. -- Christopher Meades, The Last Hiccup, 2012 Origin Singultus comes from the Latin word of the same spelling meaning "a sob" or "speech interrupted by sobs." It entered English in the mid-1700s.

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