retromingent meaning (obsolete): definition

retromingent

noun

UK /ɹɛtɹə(ʊ)ˈmɪndʒənt/

Etymology From retro- (“backwards”) + past participle of Latin mingō (“to urinate”).

Obsolete An animal that urinates backwards, such as the camel, hippo or raccoon.

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.1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.17:

adj

Etymology From retro- (“backwards”) + past participle of Latin mingō (“to urinate”).

That urinates backwards; also used of such urination.

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.1958, Lawrence Durrell, Mountolive:
"Additionally, camels are retromingent animals, and so spectators would be advised to beware not only of flying saliva but of pitched urine as well."2006 April 17, Danny Baker, “When the spit hits the fan”, in The Times:

Cowardly.