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flagellate

noun

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adjective

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verb

  1. flog
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /fləˈd͡ʒɛ.lət/ / /ˈflæ.d͡ʒəˌleɪt/

adj

Etymology: First attested in 1867; from flagellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) as well as Latin flagellum + -ate. The noun was substantivized from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

  1. Resembling a whip.
  2. Having flagella.

noun

Etymology: First attested in 1867; from flagellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) as well as Latin flagellum + -ate. The noun was substantivized from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

  1. Any organism that has flagella.

verb

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-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).

  1. To whip or scourge.

    Red welts rising from a flagellated back

  2. To harshly chide or chastise, to reprimand.
  3. 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.