Flagellation

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ËŒflædʒəˈleɪʃ ən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

From French flagellation, from Latin flagellatio, from flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum ("whip")

Full definition of flagellation

Noun

1. A beating consisting in lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as (in principle implement-precise) a whipping or scourging.

Related terms

• flagellant, flagellantism
• flogging

From flagellum, 'elongated filiform appendage', itself a diminutive of Latin flagrum 'whip', so closely related to etymology 1

Noun

1. (botany) The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement.