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scleragogy

scleragogy noun: severe discipline.

Noun

scleragogy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) severe discipline
    • we let others run faster than we , in Temperance , in Chastity , in Scleragogy1693, John Hacket, Scrinia Reserata

Origin of scleragogy

Ancient Greek hard + a leading or training.

Questions about scleragogy

What does scleragogy mean?
Scleragogy means severe discipline.
What part of speech is scleragogy?
Scleragogy is a noun.

Words near scleragogy in the dictionary

  1. scleractinian
  2. scleractinians
  3. scleractinid
  4. scleractinids
  5. sclerae
  6. scleragogy
  7. scleral
  8. scleral buckle
  9. scleral buckles
  10. scleralization
  11. scleralizations

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