单词 | sus per coll |
释义 | sus. per coll.phr. An entry of the sentence of hanging against a person's name; hence as adj. = hanged. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [adjective] > hanged yhongeOE hanged1470 patibulated1656 gibbeted1756 neckclothed1825 sus. per coll.1827 1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 74 It seems he regards with great pride the sus-per-coll in his family tree. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxiv. 239 Her pedigree with that lamentable note of sus. per coll. at the name of the last male of her line. 1875 Reynardson Down the Road 118 He grew more and more downcast..and one day..he was found ‘sus. per col.’ in his barn. Derivatives suspercollate v. /sʌspəˈkɒleɪt/ (humorous nonce-word), to hang. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)] hangc1000 anhangOE forhangc1300 to loll up1377 gallowa1400 twitchc1450 titc1480 truss1536 beswinga1566 trine1567 to turn over1570 to turn off1581 to turn (a person) on the toe1594 to stretch1595 derrick1600 underhang1603 halter1616 staba1661 noose1664 alexander1666 nub1673 ketch1681 tuck1699 gibbet1726 string1728 scrag1756 to hang up1771 crap1773 patibulate1811 strap1815 swing1816 croak1823 yardarm1829 to work off1841 suspercollatea1863 dangle1887 a1863 W. M. Thackeray Denis Duval i, in Cornhill Mag. (1864) Mar. 257 None of us Duvals have been suspercollated to my knowledge. 1905 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 283/2 Suspercollated placards describe the historical development of the pendent machines. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < phr.1827 |
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