NOYADE

Etymology

Noun

noyade (plural noyades)

(chiefly historical) A murder by drowning, especially one of those carried out during the French Reign of Terror.

Verb

noyade (third-person singular simple present noyades, present participle noyading, simple past and past participle noyaded)

(chiefly historical) To murder by drowning, especially during the French Reign of Terror.

Anagrams

• day one, one day, one-day

Source: Wiktionary


No`yade", n. [F., fr. noyer to drown, L. necare to kill.]

Definition: A drowning of many persons at once, -- a method of execution practiced at Nantes in France during the Reign of Terror, by Jean Baptiste Carrier.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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