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flogworthy

flogworthy adjective: worthy of flogging or to be flogged; (by extension) deserving of punishment; punishable.

Adjective

flogworthy (comparative more flogworthy, superlative most flogworthy)

  1. Worthy of flogging or to be flogged; (by extension) deserving of punishment; punishable.
    • Mr. Marples with drunken motorists, Sir David Eccles with middle-class undergraduates, Mr. Vosper with flogworthy delinquents, Mr. Macleod with defederating Rhodesians, [...]1778, Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, The Spectator

Forms of flogworthy

comparativemore flogworthy
superlativemost flogworthy

Origin of flogworthy

From flog + -worthy.

Questions about flogworthy

What does flogworthy mean?
Flogworthy means worthy of flogging or to be flogged; (by extension) deserving of punishment; punishable.
What part of speech is flogworthy?
Flogworthy is an adjective.

Words near flogworthy in the dictionary

  1. flogs the clock
  2. flogs the dolphin
  3. flogs the log
  4. flogster
  5. flogsters
  6. flogworthy
  7. Flohr
  8. Flohrs
  9. Floian
  10. flokati
  11. flokatis

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