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单词 defossion
释义 defossion|dɪˈfɒʃən|
[mod.L. dēfossiōn-em, n. of action from L. dēfodĕre to bury (in the earth).]
(See quot.: but the etymological meaning of the word is simply ‘burying, interment’.)
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Defossion, Defossio, the punishment of burying alive, inflicted among the Romans, on vestal virgins guilty of incontinency. [Hence in mod. Dicts.]
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