poleaxes

We have found lemma(root) word of poleaxes : poleaxe.

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[ˈpəʊlaks], (Noun)

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Middle English: related to Middle Dutch pol(l)aex, Middle Low German pol(l)exe(see poll, axe). The change in the first syllable was due to association with pole; the first element poll- may have referred to a special head of the axe or to the head of an enemy


[ˈpəʊlaks], (Verb)

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- hit, kill, or knock down with or as if with a poleaxe
(e.g: the tigress had fallen to my bullet as if poleaxed)


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Origin:
Middle English: related to Middle Dutch pol(l)aex, Middle Low German pol(l)exe(see poll, axe). The change in the first syllable was due to association with pole; the first element poll- may have referred to a special head of the axe or to the head of an enemy




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