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castigant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cas-ti-gant
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who is castigated.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin castīgāns, present active participle of castīgō (“to castigate”). By surface analysis, castigate + -ant.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

castigants (plural)

Questions

What does castigant mean?
One who is castigated.
Where does castigant come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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