vespillo

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noun

One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.

OriginLatin vespillo →
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Meanings

nounvespillo (plural vespilloes)

plural vespilloes

  1. Ancient RomeOne who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.

    Like vespilloes or gravemakers.

    1642, [Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC
  2. A wasp from the genus Vespillo in the family Vespidae.

Origin

  1. Latinvespillo
  2. Englishvespillo

From Latin vespillo.

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APA

vespillo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vespillo

MLA

“vespillo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vespillo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vespillo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vespillo.

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