MICTURIENTADJECTIVE
desirous of 'making water' or urinating ...1654 obs. ETYMOLOGY from Latin micturientem, pres. pple. of micturire to desire to urinate, desiderative verb from mict-, minct-, mingere to make water (desiderative - denotes a verb formed from another and expressing a desire to do the act by the root verb) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1654 - See Example below EXAMPLE "...which by the often drawing in of his breath, twisting his legs, and more ill-favour'd faces than ordinary, gave Sancho to perceive his condition very micturient, and cacaturient." (cacaturient, from Latin cacaturio I feel the need to defecate) From: Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixot By: Edmund Gayton, 1654 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933
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