entrails
/ˈɛn.tɹeɪlz/ noun
- noun The internal organs of an animal, especially the intestines. [from 14th c.]
- noun (obsolete) The seat of the emotions. [14th–18th c.]
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Etymology
From Middle English entraille, entrailles, from Old French entrailles, from Vulgar Latin intrālia, from Latin interānea, from interāneus, from inter. Compare Spanish entraña.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines.
- noun The internal parts; as, the entrails of the earth.
Etymology [F. entrailles, LL. intralia, intranea, fr. interaneum, pl. interanea, intestine, interaneus inward, interior, fr. inter between, among, within. See Internal.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “entrails”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details