Learn more about borborygmi in Anatomy Lesson #16: Jamie’s Belly or Scottish Six-Pack!
And from Outlander book:
I wasn’t at all thirsty, but the faint scent of honey reminded me that I was starving, and had been for some time. My stomach gave an embarrassingly loud growl, protesting my neglect. “Hey, then, Jamie-lad! Hungry, are ye? Or have ye a set of bagpipes with ye?” shouted Rupert, mistaking the source of the noise. “Hungry enough to eat a set of pipes, I reckon,” called Jamie, gallantly assuming the blame. A moment later, a hand with a flask came around in front of me again. “Better have a wee nip,” he whispered to me. “It willna fill your belly, but it will make ye forget you’re hungry.”
See Jamie stave off Claire’s borborygmi in Outlander, Starz, episode 101: Sassenach!
The deeply grateful,
Outlander Anatomist
Thank you for this fun fact! I will never remember this word, which is too bad because I’d love to smartly say it when my stomach growls in public. “oops, oh that borborygmi is at it again!”