tormentise

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Middle English

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Etymology

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Compare English torment.

Noun

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tormentise

  1. torture; torment
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3705-3708:
      But natheles this Seneca the wyse
      Chees in a bath to deye in this manere
      Rather than han another tormentyse;
      And thus hath Nero slayn his maister dere.
      But nonetheless this Seneca the wise
      Chose in a bath to die in this manner
      Rather than have another form of torment;
      And thus has Nero slain his dear master.

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