scleragogy

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek hard + a leading or training.

Noun

scleragogy (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) severe discipline
   • 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia Reserata:

     we let others run faster than we , in Temperance , in Chastity , in Scleragogy

References

• “scleragogy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.