Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To urinate.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To pass urine; urinate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb Medical to pass urine through the ureter; to urinate.

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  • verb intransitive, physiology, formal to urinate

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb eliminate urine

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin micturīre, to want to urinate, desiderative of meiere, to urinate; see meigh- in Indo-European roots.]

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From Latin micturīre ("to have the urge to urinate"), form of meiō ("urinate"), from Proto-Indo-European *meiǵʰ-, *miǵʰ- (“to urinate”). Though borrowed from Latin in Modern English (in the mid 19th century), the root of this word was present in Old English in the word mīgan, which simply meant “to urinate”. See: w:Latin profanity#Mingere and meiere: urination.

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  • kudos to the wordie who remembered this gem! :D

    December 13, 2006

  • Mihi mingendum est!

    May 31, 2007

  • It is pretty great. I have a cow orker who always says this, it cracks me up.

    For some reason this word makes me think of rabbits.

    July 19, 2007

  • "Adam micturated, and considered whether to wash his hands a second time."

    David Lodge, The British Museum Is Falling Down (1965)

    October 31, 2015