ordeal
Significat
- A painful or trying experience.
- A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused. (See Trial by ordeal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
- The poisonous ordeal bean or Calabar bean
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or‧deal
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ɔːˈdiːl/
Etimologia
From Middle English ordel, ordal, from Medieval Latin ordālium or inherited from its source Old English ordēl, ordāl (“ordeal, judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀdailī (“judgement”, literally “an out-dealing”), from *uʀdailijan (“to deal out; dispense”), equivalent to or- + deal. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uurdeel (“judgement; verdict”), West Frisian oardiel (“judgement”), Dutch oordeel (“judgement, discretion”), Low German Oordeel (“judgement; verdict”), German Urteil (“judgement, verdict”).
Relacionat amb frisó occidental
oardiel
Relacionat amb neerlandès
oordeel
Relacionat amb alemany
Urteil
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