ordeal

Significado

  1. A painful or trying experience.
  2. 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)
  3. The poisonous ordeal bean or Calabar bean

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Guionizado como
or‧deal
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɔːˈdiːl/
Etimoloxía

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”).

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