Retromingent - What does it mean?
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(obsolete) An animal that urinates backwards - such as the camel, hippo or raccoon.
*1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.17:
*:I confess by reason of the postick and backward position of the feminine parts in quadrupedes, they can hardly admit the substitution of a protrusion, effectuall unto masculine generation; except it be in Retromingents , and such as couple backward.
(not comparable) That urinates backwards; also used of such urination.
*1958 , Lawrence Durrell, Mountolive :
*:It sat down at last and, as if to express once and for all its disenchantment with the whole sum of canine existence, delivered itself of a retromingent puddle on the beautiful Shiraz.
*2006 , Danny Baker, "When the spit hits the fan", The Times , 17 Apr 2006:
*:"Additionally, camels are retromingent animals, and so spectators would be advised to beware not only of flying saliva but of pitched urine as well."
(slang) cowardly