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pillory

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɪləɹi/Part of speech verb, nounSorted illopryStarts with PEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. criticize harshly or violently

Word origin

From Middle English pilory, pillorie, from Old French pilori, pellori, which is either from Old Occitan espilori or Latin pīla (“pillar”).

Used in a sentence

  • Cros·! þou dost no trouþe ; / On a pillori· my fruit to pinne, / He haþ no spot· of Adam sinne ; / Flesch· and veines· nou fleo a-twinne, / Wherfore I· rede of routhe·:
  • […]I haue stood on the Pillorie for Geese he hath kil'd, […]
  • Mike Sarne would end up making a celluloid disasterpiece that is to this day pilloried as one of the worst films ever made.

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