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slayee

noun

Etymology

From slay + -ee.

  1. derived from *slak-✻ — “to hit, strike, throw”
  2. inherited from *slahaną✻ — “to hit, strike; to kill”
  3. inherited from *slahan✻
  4. inherited from slēan — “to hit, punch, strike; to kill”
  5. inherited from sleen
  6. suffixed as slayee — “slay + ee”

Definitions

  1. One who is slain.

    • "The obvious reason was that the slayee, the one who fell, landed on the floor at the foot of the slayor, and appeared to be subject to the power of the slayor."

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA