Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - scourge
Scourge
scourge
n. & v. --n. 1 a whip used for punishment, esp. of people. 2 a person or thing seen as punishing, esp. on a large scale (the scourge of famine; Genghis Khan, the scourge of Asia). --v.tr. 1 whip. 2 punish; afflict; oppress. Derivatives scourger n. Etymology: ME f. OF escorge (n.), escorgier (v.) (ult. as EX-(1), L corrigia thong, whip)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French escorge, from escorger to whip, from Vulgar Latin *excorrigiare, from Latin ex+ corrigia thong, whip Date: 13th century whip, an instrument of punishment or criticism, a cause of wide or great affliction, II. transitive verb (~d; scourging) Date: 14th century flog, whip, 2. to punish severely, afflict, to drive as if by blows of a whip, chastise, ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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