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plagose

plagose adjective: fond of flogging.

Adjective

plagose (comparative more plagose, superlative most plagose)

  1. (dated, rare) Fond of flogging.
    • Now Mary Langton was the only one her grandfather ever petted; whence Miss Harriet's plagose propensity.1868, Mortimer Collins, Sweet Anne Page, page 23
    • Other boys from other schools used to relate their experiences with plagose headmasters and describe how, by laying a hair from a horse's tail across your palm, you could outwit or at least diminish the sting of the cane.1969, Robert Lynd, The peal of bells, page 131

Forms of plagose

comparativemore plagose
superlativemost plagose

Origin of plagose

From Latin plagosus. See plague.

Words formed from plagose

Questions about plagose

What does plagose mean?
Plagose means fond of flogging.
What part of speech is plagose?
Plagose is an adjective.

Words near plagose in the dictionary

  1. plagiotropism
  2. plagiotropous
  3. plagiotropy
  4. plagium
  5. plagiums
  6. plagose
  7. plagosity
  8. plague
  9. plague cross
  10. plague crosses
  11. plague doctor

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