borborygmus

• borborigmus

From Ancient Greek βορβορυγμός (borborugmós), an onomatopoeia.

• IPA^(key): /bɔːbəˈɹɪɡməs/

borborygmus (plural borborygmi)

1. A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.

   Synonym: borborygm

2. Something resembling borborygmus, taken in a figurative sense.
   • 1991, Rebecca Goldstein, The Dark Sister, Penguin Books, 1993, p.36:

     Finally, the emotional borborygmus subsiding, she produced, at last, the words: "It is said 'Bonnet.' As the hat which is tied beneath the chin."