dilaniate
English
editEtymology
editLatin dīlāniātus, past participle of dīlāniō (“to dilacerate”); dis- + lāniō (“to tear to pieces”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdilaniate (third-person singular simple present dilaniates, present participle dilaniating, simple past and past participle dilaniated)
- To rend in pieces; to tear.
- 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:
- dilaniate the entrailes of their owne mother
References
edit“dilaniate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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editItalian
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editdilaniate
- inflection of dilaniare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editdilaniate f pl
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editLatin
editVerb
editdīlaniāte