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pillory

/ˈpɪləi/PIH-lur-ee
/ˈpɪlɚi/PIH-lur-ee

Meaningpunishment frame

Common meaning: wooden frame used to restrain and publicly punish a person

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchpilersource
  2. Frenchpilori‘a pillory’source
  3. Middle Englishpilory‘punishment frame’source
  4. Englishpillory‘wooden frame used to restrain and publicly punish a person’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French piler ‘punishment frame’.

Roots

  • piler Old French “punishment frame”

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