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flaillike

adj

Etymology

From flail + -like.

  1. derived from *bʰlag-✻
  2. derived from flagellum — “winnowing tool, thresher”
  3. derived from *-ilaz✻
  4. derived from *pleh₂k-✻ — “to beat, hit, strike; weep”
  5. derived from *flag-✻
  6. derived from *flagilaz✻ — “whip”
  7. inherited from *flagil✻
  8. inherited from fligel
  9. inherited from flayle
  10. suffixed as flaillike — “flail + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a flail.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA