4 May 2016
eruct
[ih-ruhkt]
verb (used with or without object)
1. to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
2. to emit or issue violently, as matter from a volcano.
Origin of eruct
Latin
1660-1670; < Latin ērūctāre to vomit, discharge violently, frequentative of ērūgere
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Historical Examples
“eruct, I shall say henceforth, and I swear not to forget it,” said Sancho.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete
Miguel de Cervantes
Take care, Sancho, not to chew on both sides, and not to eruct in anybody’s presence.
The History of Don Quixote, Volume II., Complete
Miguel de Cervantes
Anagram
truce
Today’s quote
There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
On this day
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4 May 1970 – National Guards open fire on anti-war protesters at Kent State University, killing four. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young wrote the song ‘Ohio’ about the incident.
4 May 1979 – Margaret Thatcher forms government in the UK. Her administration was controversial and ultra-conservative. Her policies of smaller government, privatisation, nationalism, lower taxes, and free markets gave rise to the term, ‘Thatcherism’. However, her policies were also seen as anti-worker and anti-Union. During the 1980s, United States President Ronald Reagan adopted similar economic conservatism which came to be known as Reaganism. Both Reagan and Thatcher ascribed to the economic theories espoused by neo-liberal economist Milton Friedman. Thatcher remained Prime Minister until her resignation in November 1990 after losing a leadership challenge from Michael Heseltine.