noyade

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(nwä yäd′; Fr. nwa yad′)


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no•yade  (nwä yäd′; Fr. nwa yad′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. World Historydestruction or execution by drowning, esp. as practiced at Nantes, France, in 1793–94, during the Reign of Terror.
  • Latin necāre to kill) + -ade -ade1
  • French: drowning, equivalent. to noy(er) to drown (
  • 1810–20

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