flagellate en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈflæ.d͡ʒəˌleɪt/ (US)
- flă′-jə-lāt′
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-rós Latin flagrum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin flagellum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin flagellō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin flagellātuslbor. English flagellate First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin flagellātus perfect passive participle of flagellō (“to whip, flog”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Meanings
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(transitive) To whip or scourge.
Red welts rising from a flagellated back
1976 December 11, David Holland, “A Conversation With Maitresse”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 13:
- (idiomatic, transitive) To harshly chide or chastise, to reprimand.
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(transitive) Of a spermatozoon, to move its tail back and forth.
The gigantic egg sits, and the frantic and tiny sperm flagellates its tail to cross vast distances on its quest for dissolution in the huge egg.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 63:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flagellated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| flagellated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| flagellates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| flagellating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (14)
qu asut'iy (1. to whip or scourge) · it flagelare (1. to whip or scourge) · sv gissla (1. to whip or scourge) · es flagelar (1. to whip or scourge) · la flagellō (1. to whip or scourge) · eo skurĝi (1. to whip or scourge) · bg бичувам (1. to whip or scourge) · ca flagel·lar (1. to whip or scourge) · sv piska (1. to whip or scourge) · pl biczować (1. to whip or scourge) · ru поро́ть (1. to whip or scourge) · fi piiskata (1. to whip or scourge) · sv flagellera (1. to whip or scourge) · es flagelar (2. (transitive) To harshly chide or chastise, to reprimand.)