flagellation

Meaning

Noun

• A beating consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging.
• (botany) The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement

Origin

• From French flagellation, from Latin flagellatio, from flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum.
• From flagellum, itself a diminutive of Latin flagrum, closely related to etymology 1.