vapulatoryadj.
Etymology: < Latin vāpulāt- vapulate v. + -ory suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈvapulatory.
rare.
society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [adjective]
1886 J. R. Lowell (1890) VI. 163 I am not..arguing in favour of a return to these vapulatory methods.
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