Meanings
verbgargarize (third-person singular simple present gargarizes, present participle gargarizing, simple past and past participle gargarized)
present singular third person gargarizes · participle present gargarizing · participle past gargarized · past gargarized
- obsoleteTo gargle (rinse or wash mouth and throat).
to cease the Hiccough, […]Vinegar put to the Nostrils or Gargarized doth it also
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
Origin
- Ancient Greekγαργαρίζω
- Latingargarizo
- Englishgargarize
From Latin gargarizo, from Ancient Greek γαργαρίζω (gargarízō).
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APA
gargarize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gargarize
MLA
“gargarize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gargarize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gargarize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gargarize.
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