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flagellative

flagellative adjective: pertaining to flagellation; flagellatory.

Adjective

flagellative (comparative more flagellative, superlative most flagellative)

  1. Pertaining to flagellation; flagellatory.
    • He then minutely recounted the particulars of her enchantment, together with what he had seen in the cave of Montesinos, and the means prescribed by Merlin for her restoration, namely, Sancho's flagellative penance.1774, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The history of the renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha
    • As we had no luggage to pack up, nor friends to take leave of, we began our journey that very evening; and after a tedious tramp, during which the captain practised a variety of knavish manoeuvres, by way of keeping his hand in (although I did all in my power to prevent him(, arrived in safety at...1801, The Life and Singular Adventures of the Three Jacks of Rosemary Lane, page 23

Forms of flagellative

comparativemore flagellative
superlativemost flagellative

Origin of flagellative

From flagellate + -ive.

Questions about flagellative

What does flagellative mean?
Flagellative means pertaining to flagellation; flagellatory.
What part of speech is flagellative?
Flagellative is an adjective.

Words near flagellative in the dictionary

  1. flagellates
  2. flagellatin'
  3. flagellating
  4. flagellation
  5. flagellations
  6. flagellative
  7. flagellator
  8. flagellators
  9. flagellatory
  10. flagellatrix
  11. flagellicaudatan

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