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castigant

castigant noun: one who is castigated.

Noun

castigant (plural castigants)

  1. One who is castigated.
    • He first took up the historical religious manifestations of mental disease, such as the performances of the castigants, who have their latter-day imitators in the penitentes of Arizona and New Mexico[…]1899, The Los Angeles Times 1899-11-01

Forms of castigant

pluralcastigants

Origin of castigant

Ultimately from Latin castīgāns, present active participle of castīgō (“to castigate”). By surface analysis, castigate + -ant.

Questions about castigant

What does castigant mean?
Castigant means one who is castigated.
What part of speech is castigant?
Castigant is a noun.
What is the plural of castigant?
The plural of castigant is castigants.

Words near castigant in the dictionary

  1. castewise
  2. castful
  3. casticin
  4. Castiel
  5. castigable
  6. castigant
  7. castigants
  8. castigate
  9. castigated
  10. castigates
  11. castigatest

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