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lingchi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ling-chi
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of execution used in China from roughly 900 to 1905 C.E., the "death by a thousand cuts", in which the condemned was killed by methodical removal of body parts with a knife.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 凌遲 (língchí).

Usage

Inflected Forms

ling chi (alternative) ling-ch'ih (alternative) leng t'che (alternative, obsolete) ling-chy (alternative, obsolete)

Synonyms

slow slicing

Questions

What does lingchi mean?
A form of execution used in China from roughly 900 to 1905 C.E., the "death by a thousand cuts", in which the condemned was killed by methodical removal of body parts with a knife.
Where does lingchi come from?
Borrowed from Mandarin 凌遲 (língchí).

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