cyphonism

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An ancient punishment in which the criminal was smeared with honey and exposed to insects.

   “Another who got honey was Lucy; but it was the honey of cyphonism,—a little thin sweetening of praise spread over her to attract swarming insects with their bites and stings.”

2. isim An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.