inflicter
/ɪnˈflɪktəɹ/
inflicter noun: one who inflicts.
Noun
inflicter (plural inflicters)
- One who inflicts.
- BLACKE PLUTOES GRIESLY DAME, Proserpine, the avenger of men, and inflicter of curses on the dead.1590, Edmund Spenser, Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I, published 1921
- At the core of their own hearts there stands an inflicter of no less agonies.1846, Leigh Hunt, Stories from the Italian Poets= With Lives of the Writers, Vol. 2
Forms of inflicter
| plural | inflicters |
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Origin of inflicter
From inflict + -er.
Words that rhyme with inflicter
Questions about inflicter
- What does inflicter mean?
- Inflicter means one who inflicts.
- What part of speech is inflicter?
- Inflicter is a noun.
- How do you pronounce inflicter?
- Inflicter is pronounced /ɪnˈflɪktəɹ/.
- What is the plural of inflicter?
- The plural of inflicter is inflicters.
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