Entrails

//ˈɛn.tɹeɪlz// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of entrail; The internal organs of an animal, especially the intestines. archaic

    "Elizabethan audiences relished shocks and surprises as much as they did trumpets, thunder and savage realism in bloody scenes of torture and death which were made all the more horrible by the use of animals’ entrails."

  2. 2
    internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity) wordnet
  3. 3
    plural of entrail; The seat of the emotions. archaic, obsolete

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bowelsinnardsinnardsvisceravisceraabdomen

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"It had first been suggested that he be skinned alive, that lead be poured into his entrails and that he be let to starve."

Etymology

From Middle English entraille, entrailles, from Old French entrailles, from Vulgar Latin intrālia, from Latin interānea, from interāneus, from inter. Compare Spanish entraña.

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