- vivisepulture
- vivi·sepulture
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vivisepulture
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vivisepulture — noun The practice of burying someone alive. Thus, to characterize the Victorian worry about premature burial as a product of morbid romanticism, or of the sheer mythopoeic force of vivisepulture, is to ignore the deep confusion over human… … Wiktionary
vivisepulture — ˌvivə+ noun Etymology: vivi + sepulture : the act or practice of burying alive * * * vivisepulture / sepˈl chər/ noun (rare) Burial alive • • • Main Entry: ↑vivi … Useful english dictionary
Wendy Guey — from West Palm Beach, Florida, was the winner of the 1996 Scripps National Spelling Bee, when she was 12.cite news | url = http://www.cnn.com/US/9605/31/spelling.bee.winner/ | title = How do you spell victory? Vivisepulture : Girl wins national… … Wikipedia
List of Scripps National Spelling Bee champions — The Scripps National Spelling Bee is a competition held annually in Washington, D.C. in the United States at the Gaylord National Resort Convention Center over a two day period at the end of May or beginning of June. The spelling bee competiti… … Wikipedia
vivisect — v.t. experiment on by dissecting, while alive. ♦ vivisection, n. ♦ vivisepulture, n. burying alive … Dictionary of difficult words
