vlegel

Dutch (Brabantic)

noun
Definitions
  • A flail, whipping implement; also in figurative sense
  • A flail, threshing tool (or by extension equivalent machinery)
  • (pejorative) A rogue, imp, rascal, scamp

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch vlegel inherited from Old Dutch *flegil derived from Latin flagellum (whip, whipping flail).

Origin

Latin

flagellum

Gloss

whip, whipping flail

Concept
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Modern world

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Person/Thing

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