Dictionary

disembowel en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• [dɪsɪmˈbaʊ(ə)ɫ] (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English embowel English disembowel From dis- + embowel.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
   • `Yea. The people of Kôr ever embalmed their dead, as did the Egyptians, but their art was greater than the art of the Egyptians, for, whereas the Egyptians disembowelled and drew the brain, the people of Kôr injected fluid into the veins, and thus reached every part.' 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
2. (transitive) To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.

Forms

Deriveds

disemboweller · disembowelment

Relateds

disemvowel

Translations (49)

es eviscerar (to take or let out the bowels) · fr éventrer (to take or let out the bowels) · bg изтърбушвам (to take or let out the bowels) · bg изкормям (to take or let out the bowels) · bg изкормвам (to take or let out the bowels) · fr éviscérer (to take or let out the bowels) · es destripar (to take or let out the bowels) · ru распотроши́ть (to take or let out the bowels) · it sventrare (to take or let out the bowels) · fi poistaa sisälmykset (to take or let out the bowels) · fr étriper (to take or let out the bowels) · nl ontdarmen (to take or let out the bowels) · ru вы́потрошить (to take or let out the bowels) · no sløya (to take or let out the bowels) · sv ta inälvorna ur (to take or let out the bowels) · la ēviscerō (to take or let out the bowels) · it sbudellare (to take or let out the bowels) · fi suolistaa (to take or let out the bowels) · sh rastranširati (to take or let out the bowels) · pt desentranhar (to take or let out the bowels) · bg изтърбуша (to take or let out the bowels) · de ausweiden (to take or let out the bowels) · hu kibelez (to take or let out the bowels) · da opsprætte (to take or let out the bowels) · pt estripar (to take or let out the bowels) · mi tuaki (to take or let out the bowels) · ru вынима́ть вну́тренности (to take or let out the bowels) · no ta ut innvollene av (to take or let out the bowels) · it secernere (to take or draw from the body) · lij desbêlâ (to take or let out the bowels) · it sviscerare (to take or let out the bowels) · lt išdarinėti (to take or let out the bowels) · es desentrañar (to take or let out the bowels) · ru потроши́ть (to take or let out the bowels) · is aflima (to take or let out the bowels) · la exenterō (to take or let out the bowels) · de ausnehmen (to take or let out the bowels) · sh izvaditi utrobu (to take or let out the bowels) · mi hāparangi (to take or let out the bowels) · hu kizsigerel (to take or let out the bowels) · it spanciare (to take or let out the bowels) · sh istranširati (to take or draw from the body) · nl ontweiden (to take or let out the bowels) · gl destripar (to take or let out the bowels) · fi erittää (to take or draw from the body) · gl estripar (to take or let out the bowels) · bg изкормя (to take or let out the bowels) · gl eviscerar (to take or let out the bowels) · da tage indvoldene ud (to take or let out the bowels)