floggable

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English

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Etymology

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From flog +‎ -able.

Adjective

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floggable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be flogged.
    • 1842, The Oracle of Reason; Or, Philosophy Vindicated, page 312:
      Many of these flogged or floggable girls are above the age of legal puberty.
  2. For which a person can be flogged.
    a floggable offence