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单词 pillor
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pillorv.

Brit. /ˈpɪlə/, U.S. /ˈpɪlər/
Forms: 1600s pillar, 1600s pillowr, 1600s– pillor, 1700s piller.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by back-formation. Etymons: pillory n., pillory v.
Etymology: Apparently a back-formation from pillory n., or perhaps < inflected forms of pillory v. Compare pillorize v.It is uncertain whether Middle French pilorement (16th cent.) implies a similar stem.
transitive. = pillory v.
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society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [verb (transitive)] > set in stocks or pillory
stockc1325
scourc1450
pillory?a1600
pillor1638
impillor1645
pillorize1647
1638 Div. & Politike Observ. 8 In pillaring, or putting to death such as refuse to doe any worship.
1651 T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 436 So justly pillored for cheaters to all posterity.
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 30 Apr. I. 238 De-Foe..was pillor'd for it.
1769 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (new ed.) VIII. lxviii. 121 A fellow who had been burned in the hand for crimes, transported, whipped, pillored four times.
1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) III. 170 Pillored in capes and cravats.
1926 D. Dundore Prairie & Making of Middle Amer. ii. 69 Doggerel verses were posted in public places or ran from lip to lip pilloring the scheme and its founders.
2000 Times of India (Nexis) 29 Aug. Naidu chose the opportunity to pillor the Congress [Party] on the flood issue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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