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patibulary, a. rare.|pəˈtɪbjʊlərɪ|
[f. L. patibul-um patible n. + -ary1. Cf. F. patibulaire (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Of or pertaining to the gallows; resembling the gallows; suggesting the gallows or hanging. Chiefly humorous.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xxi. (1686) 216 Some patibulary affixion after he was slain. 1697Dennis Plot & no Plot v, I never saw a more patibulary phyz. 1801Sporting Mag. XVII. 155 A certain Corn-Buyer, which had..undergone the discipline of a patibulary suspension on a gallows. 1837Carlyle Diam. Neckl. xvi. Ess. 1888 V. 193 Yes, infinitely terrible is the Gallows; it bestrides with its patibulary fork the Pit of bottomless Terror! 1838Fraser's Mag. XVII. 767 The ‘I ad Grecum Pi!’ of the German students (in allusion to the patibulary form of that letter).
So paˈtibulate v. trans. [cf. L. patibulāt-us gibbeted], to hang. humorous nonce-wd.
1656Blount Glossogr., Patibulated, hanged on a Gibbet, Gallows or Cross. 1881Society 11 June 3/1 That distinguished burglar after he had been duly patibulated. 1882Ogilvie, Patibulated. |