patibulary
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɪbjʊləɹi
- Rhymes: -ɪbjʊlɛəɹi
Adjective
[edit]patibulary (comparative more patibulary, superlative most patibulary)
- (now rare, chiefly humorous) Pertaining to the gallows or hanging.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.21:
- Masius […] conceiveth thereby some kind of crucifixion, at least some patibulary affixion after he was slain, and so represented unto the people until toward the evening.
- 1926, Hope Mirrlees, chapter 18, in Lud-in-the-Mist:
- And then, when he had finished his supper, he would get out his collection of patibulary treasures, […] the various bits of gallows rope […]