patibulary

patibulary

English

Etymology

From Latin patibulum +‎ -ary.

Adjective

patibulary (comparative more patibulary, superlative most patibulary)

1. (now rare, chiefly humorous) Pertaining to the gallows or hanging.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.21:

     Masius […] conceiveth thereby some kind of crucifixion, at least some patibulary affixion after he was slain, and so represented unto the people until toward the evening.

   • 1926, Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist (Ch. 18):

     And then, when he had finished his supper, he would get out his collection of patibulary treasures, […] the various bits of gallows rope […]