plitt
plitt noun: an instrument of punishment resembling the knout, formerly used in Russia.
Noun
plitt (plural plitts)
- An instrument of punishment resembling the knout, formerly used in Russia.
- Not a few of these carry with them the germ of inevitable death, their frames being enfeebled, and their constitutions broken by having undergone the cruel sentence of the plitt.1846, Charles Frederick Henningsen, Revelations of Russia in 1846
Proper noun capitalized: Plitt
Plitt (plural Plitts)
- A surname.
Forms of plitt
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | plitts |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Plitts |
Origin of plitt
From Russian плеть (pletʹ, “whip”).
Questions about plitt
- What does plitt mean?
- Plitt means an instrument of punishment resembling the knout, formerly used in Russia.
- What part of speech is plitt?
- Plitt can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of plitt?
- The plural of plitt is plitts.
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