averrer

Смотреть что такое "averrer" в других словарях:

• culprit — [17] Culprit appears to be a fossilized survival of the mixture of English and French once used in English courts. The usually accepted account of its origin is that it is a lexicalization of an exchange in court between the accused and the… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• culprit — (n.) 1670s, from Anglo Fr. cul prit, contraction of Culpable: prest (d averrer nostre bille) guilty, ready (to prove our case), words used by prosecutor in opening a trial. It seems the abbreviation cul. prit was mistaken in English for an… …   Etymology dictionary

• culprit — noun a person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed. ↘the cause of a problem. Origin C17: orig. in the judicial formula Culprit, how will you be tried?, perh. from a misinterpretation of the written abbrev. cul. prist for Anglo Norman… …   English new terms dictionary

• culprit — ► NOUN ▪ a person who is responsible for a crime or offence. ORIGIN originally in the judicial formula Culprit, how will you be tried?, perhaps from a misinterpretation of the written abbreviation cul. prist for Old French Culpable: prest d… …   English terms dictionary

• culprit — [17] Culprit appears to be a fossilized survival of the mixture of English and French once used in English courts. The usually accepted account of its origin is that it is a lexicalization of an exchange in court between the accused and the… …   Word origins

• culprit — n. a person accused of or guilty of an offence. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. in the formula Culprit, how will you be tried?, said by the Clerk of the Crown to a prisoner pleading Not Guilty: perh. abbr. of AF Culpable: prest d averrer etc. (You are) …   Useful english dictionary