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floggable

floggable adjective: able to be flogged.

Adjective

floggable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be flogged.
    • Many of these flogged or floggable girls are above the age of legal puberty.1842, The Oracle of Reason; Or, Philosophy Vindicated, page 312
  2. For which a person can be flogged.
    • a floggable offence

Origin of floggable

From flog + -able.

Words formed from floggable

Questions about floggable

What does floggable mean?
Floggable means able to be flogged.
What part of speech is floggable?
Floggable is an adjective.

Words near floggable in the dictionary

  1. flog the clock
  2. flog the dolphin
  3. flog the log
  4. flog-bottomist
  5. flog-bottomists
  6. floggable
  7. flogged
  8. flogged a dead horse
  9. flogged a dead pony
  10. flogged someone round the fleet
  11. flogged the bishop

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