flagellant

From the Latin flagellare (“to whip”).

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flagellant (plural flagellants)

1. a person who whips themselves or others either as part of a religious penance or for sexual gratification.

Borrowed from French flagellant, from Latin flagellāns.

• IPA^(key): /ˌflaː.ɣɛˈlɑnt/
• Hyphenation: fla‧gel‧lant
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

flagellant m (plural flagellanten)

1. flagellant, one who self-flagellates or is voluntarily flagellated as a form of religious penance

   Synonym: geselbroeder

2. (rare) flagellant, one who practices whipping for sexual gratification

• flagellantisme

flagellant

1. present participle of flageller

flagellant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of flagellō

flagellant c

1. a flagellant (self flagellating person)

• självgisslare

• flagellant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)