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ambulacrumnoun
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun ambulacrum. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
About 0.06occurrences per million words in modern written English
1770 | 0.0091 |
1780 | 0.02 |
1790 | 0.052 |
1800 | 0.072 |
1810 | 0.09 |
1820 | 0.1 |
1830 | 0.15 |
1840 | 0.2 |
1850 | 0.23 |
1860 | 0.23 |
1870 | 0.25 |
1880 | 0.26 |
1890 | 0.28 |
1900 | 0.25 |
1910 | 0.23 |
1920 | 0.2 |
1930 | 0.19 |
1940 | 0.16 |
1950 | 0.13 |
1960 | 0.11 |
1970 | 0.093 |
1980 | 0.061 |
1990 | 0.058 |
2000 | 0.037 |
2010 | 0.027 |
am-byuh-LAY-kruhm
am-byuh-LACK-ruhm
am-byuh-LAY-kruhm
/ˌæmbjəˈlækrəm/
am-byuh-LACK-ruhm
Earliest known use
mid 1700s
The earliest known use of the noun ambulacrum is in the mid 1700s.
OED's earliest evidence for ambulacrum is from 1769, in the writing of John Berkenhout, physician and writer.
ambulacrum is a borrowing from Latin.