单词 | noyade |
释义 | noyade/nwɑːˈjɑːd /noun historical An execution carried out by drowning.Perhaps 1,800 perished altogether in the noyades, and their bodies were washed up on the tidal banks of the Loire for weeks afterwards....
OriginEarly 19th century (referring especially to a mass execution by drowning, carried out in France in 1794): from French, literally 'drowning', from the verb noyer, from Latin necare 'kill without use of a weapon', later 'drown'. |
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