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siserary

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A severe rebuke or scolding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A sharp blow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 1771, Tobias Smollett, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, Volume I, The British Novelists, Volume 30, London: V.C. and J. Rivington et al., p. 97, I ketched him in the very fect, coming out of the house-maid’s garret.—But I have gi’en the dirty slut a siserary.

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History

Etymology

Corrupted from certiorari (“legal writ transferring a cause to a higher court”).