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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024flag•el•late /ˈflædʒəˌleɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -lat•ed, -lat•ing. - to punish with or as if with a whip:flagellating his opponent.
flag•el•la•tion /ˌflædʒəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024flag•el•lant (flaj′ə lənt, flə jel′ənt),USA pronunciation n. - a person who flagellates or scourges himself or herself for religious discipline.
- a person who derives sexual pleasure from whipping or being whipped by another person.
- World History(often cap.) one of a medieval European sect of fanatics who practiced scourging in public.
adj. - flagellating.
- severely criticizing:a flagellant attack on the opposition party.
- Latin flagellant- (stem of flagellāns) whipping, present participle of flagellāre. See flagellum, -ant
- 1555–65
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024flag•el•late (v. flaj′ə lāt′;adj., n. flaj′ə lit, -lāt′),USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing, adj., n. v.t. - to whip;
scourge;
flog;
lash.
adj. - Cell BiologyAlso, flag′el•lat′ed. [Biol.]having flagella.
- Botanyproducing filiform runners or runnerlike branches, as the strawberry.
- Microbiologypertaining to or caused by flagellates.
n. - Microbiologyany protozoan of the phylum (or class) Mastigophora, having one or more flagella.
- Latin flagellātus, past participle of flagellāre to whip. See flagellum, -ate1
- 1615–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: flagellant /ˈflædʒɪlənt; fləˈdʒɛlənt/, flagellator /ˈflædʒɪˌleɪtə/ n - a person who whips himself or others either as part of a religious penance or for sexual gratification
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin flagellāre to whip, from flagellum |