carnifexn.

/ˈkɑːnɪfɛks/

Etymology: < Latin carnifex, carnific-em, < carn-em flesh + -fex, -ficem, maker, < fac- (in combination -fic-) make, making; in ancient Latin ‘executioner’, but in medieval Latin often ‘butcher’ (the trade), e.g.1521 Court Rolls of Northall, Middx. [Presentment] quod Johannes Swycote est carnifex et vendit carnem corruptam.a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Essex 320 Butchers, (inscribed Carnifices in their Epitaphs).

Obsolete exc. Historical.

An executioner.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > executioner

manquellera1275

officer?1387

smiterc1390

manslayera1425

man's quellerc1429

baserc1480

butcher1483

executora1513

slaughter-slave1556

carnifex1561

executioner1561

deathsman1589

verdugo1616

hals-mana1658

1561 Newe Enterlude Script. Queene Hester sig. Ej^v Auoide the murder of this carnifex Aman.

1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell (new ed.) iv. sig. H4 Let the Carnifexes scoure their throates.

1831 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel (new ed.) I. v. 100 The carnifex, or executioner there.

1882 J. Martineau Study Spinoza 21 The chief carnifex undertaking the high-born folks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	carnifex
释义	carnifexn. /ˈkɑːnɪfɛks/ Etymology: < Latin carnifex, carnific-em, < carn-em flesh + -fex, -ficem, maker, < fac- (in combination -fic-) make, making; in ancient Latin ‘executioner’, but in medieval Latin often ‘butcher’ (the trade), e.g.1521 Court Rolls of Northall, Middx. [Presentment] quod Johannes Swycote est carnifex et vendit carnem corruptam.a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Essex 320 Butchers, (inscribed Carnifices in their Epitaphs). Obsolete exc. Historical. An executioner. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > executioner manquellera1275 officer?1387 smiterc1390 manslayera1425 man's quellerc1429 baserc1480 butcher1483 executora1513 slaughter-slave1556 carnifex1561 executioner1561 deathsman1589 verdugo1616 hals-mana1658 1561 Newe Enterlude Script. Queene Hester sig. Ej^v Auoide the murder of this carnifex Aman. 1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell (new ed.) iv. sig. H4 Let the Carnifexes scoure their throates. 1831 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel (new ed.) I. v. 100 The carnifex, or executioner there. 1882 J. Martineau Study Spinoza 21 The chief carnifex undertaking the high-born folks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1561
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