SINGULTUS

PRONUNCIATION: (sing-GUHL-tuhs)

MEANING: noun: A hiccup.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin singultus (sob, gasp, hiccup). Earliest documented use: 1754.
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I SINGUL. TU? - Casanova's pickup line

SIN, 'GUSTUS - encourage the Emperor to misbehave

USING "ULTUS" - something never to be done in Latin class