flagellation
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Etymology 1 edit
From French flagellation, from Latin flagellatio, from flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum (“whip”).
Noun edit
flagellation (countable and uncountable, plural flagellations)
- A beating consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging.
Synonyms edit
- the English vice
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Etymology 2 edit
From flagellum (“elongated filiform appendage”), itself a diminutive of Latin flagrum (“whip”), closely related to etymology 1.
Noun edit
flagellation (plural flagellations)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
French edit
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Noun edit
flagellation f (plural flagellations)
Further reading edit
- “flagellation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.