单词 | patibulary |
释义 | patibularyadj. Chiefly humorous. Now rare. Of or relating to a gallows; reminiscent or suggestive of the gallows or hanging. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [adjective] > of or relating to gallows patibulary1672 1672 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 6) v. xxi. 307 Some patibulary affixion after he was slain. 1697 J. Dennis Plot & no Plot v. 64 When he came to be examin'd, he never so much as look'd once up upon me. I never saw a more patibulary phyz. 1706 tr. H. Schopperus Crafty Courtier i. xxii. 89 Ah dire patibulary Sight! Ah dismal case of Mortal Wight! 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 93 One was charmed with the unwashed beauties of Dung; another was captivated with the patibulary aspect of Turnip. 1801 Sporting Mag. 17 155 A certain Corn-Buyer, which had..undergone the discipline of a patibulary suspension on a gallows. 1838 Fraser's Mag. 17 767 The ‘I ad Grecum Pi!’ of the German students (in allusion to the patibulary form of that letter). 1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Aug. 145/2 His lineaments bore somewhat of a patibulary aspect. 1913 J. Huneker Bedouins (1920) ii. i. 198 Slowly across the sombre velvet stretched in patibulary attitude a human skeleton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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