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