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gibbet

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bbegitStarts with GEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. expose to ridicule or public scorn

Word origin

From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”).

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  • Near-synonym: gallows
  • Thy Friends without the help of Prophecie, / Read Goals^([sic – meaning Gaols]) and Gibbets in thy Deſtiny; […]
  • Why, your cavalier is a rebel—an exile, whose property is confiscated, and for whose neck the gibbet stands prepared!

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