Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flogworthy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: flog-wor-thy
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Worthy of flogging or to be flogged; (by extension) deserving of punishment; punishable.

Example Sentences

"Mr. Marples with drunken motorists, Sir David Eccles with middle-class undergraduates, Mr. Vosper with flogworthy delinquents, Mr. Macleod with defederating Rhodesians, [...]"

Etymology

From flog + -worthy.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: flog

Inflected Forms

more flogworthy (comparative) most flogworthy (superlative)

Questions

What does flogworthy mean?: Worthy of flogging or to be flogged; (by extension) deserving of punishment; punishable.
Where does flogworthy come from?: From flog + -worthy.

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