entrail
noun
en·trail
ˈen‧trəl,
-rāl
plural -s
1
archaic : an internal part of an animal body
2
entrails plural : bowels, guts, viscera
3
entrails plural : the interior or internal parts of something
hairy entrails of the sofa
Berton Roueché
Berton Rouechéwhole mountains had their entrails torn out Wyn Roberts
Wyn Roberts
Word History
Etymology
Middle English entraille, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin intralia, alteration of Latin interanea, plural of interaneum intestine, from neuter of interaneus interior (akin to Latin inter between) + -aneus (as in extraneus external)
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- tortoise beetle
- tortoise plant
- tortoise scale
- tortoise-core
- tortoises
- tortoiseshell
- tortoiseshell butterfly
- tortoiseshell cat
- tortoiseshell tiger
- tortoiseshell turtle
- tortoiseshells
- Tortola
- tortoni
- tortonis
- tortrices
- tortricid
- Tortricidae
- tortricidaes
- tortricids
- tortrix
- tortrixes
- torts
- Tortuga
- Tortulaceae
- tortuosities