flogworthy

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adjective

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

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Meanings

adjectiveflogworthy (comparative more flogworthy, superlative most flogworthy)

comparative more flogworthy · superlative most flogworthy

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

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

    1960, Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, The Spectator

Origin

From flog + -worthy.

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APA

flogworthy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flogworthy

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“flogworthy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flogworthy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flogworthy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flogworthy.

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