New Word Study Abacination
@arthurchappell (44941)
Preston, England
June 10, 2018 2:49pm CST
Today's new word are pretty horrible ones as to Abacinate someone is to blind them in a particularly brutal, painful method of torture. It was a common practice in Arab nations and among medieval inquisitions.
Abacination is not just ripping or poking a victim's eyes out. It involves the use of hot metals or chemicals to slowly melt or burn through the eyes. This could involve holding super-heated copper plates and bowls right up to the eyes.
A grizzly variation involved using paper cups filled with chemicals like quicklime that would dissolve through the cup base and drip into the eyes.
Horrible stuff. I prefer to think of the Monty Python Spanish Inquisition as seen in this Youtube
Arthur Chappell
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
11 Jun 18
@LadyDuck yes it fits the word very well
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@LadyDuck (502343)
• Italy
11 Jun 18
@arthurchappell So many words derive from Latin, at least it was a useful language to learn. When I was a student my opinion was different.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
11 Jun 18
@LadyDuck I wish I had studied a language
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
10 Jun 18
Hi Arthur. Abacination. The word spells torture. I would not mess around with that word. 
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
10 Jun 18
@mlgen1037 yes, though a particular kind of torture involving the eyes
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
11 Jun 18
@arthurchappell Scary. I wonder what kind of eye torture they do.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
11 Jun 18
@mlgen1037 hopefully none now in the present age
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Jun 18
They were more barbaric then.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
11 Jun 18
@JohnRoberts we still have inhumane tortures like waterboarding today
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
13 Jun 18
Didn't no and that is a horrible word for sure..Rather what itmeans
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
13 Jun 18
@responsiveme yes a really horrific thing to do
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
13 Jun 18
@Peach10 it could be either, some torture is for getting information, others just to mistreat and dehumanize prisoners, or sadistically torment those due to be executed
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
13 Jun 18
@Peach10 yes it is pretty terrifying
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