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flagellant

flagellant

1 9.9
A person who hurts themselves or lets others hurt them for sexual pleasure
  • noun
  • /fləˈdʒɛlənt/
  • Offensive
translation icon : flagelante
  • In the story, the flagellant found pleasure in the pain of their own self-imposed punishment.

Examples

  • You carry on like a flagellant... ...which can be very nice, but l sometimes wonder if it's me that's being made love to.

    Altered States (1980)

  • Flagellants.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The "philosophical" works transported from Paris provided models of bidet bathers, cherub voyeurs, flagellants, and an assortment of more obscure perverts.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The flagellant sought a deeper connection to their own desires by engaging in self-discipline.

  • During the festival, he observed a group of flagellants, each displaying their devotion through rigorous practices.

Synonyms

masochist
vsflagellant
  • NSFW
15 9.8

A person who enjoys being hurt or embarrassed

focuses specifically on receiving or giving whipped pain for sexual gratification

Surface Forms

flagellant singular
flagellants plural

Morphology

flagellant = flagellate (transparent) = flagell + ant

Formed by the agentive suffix '-ant' on 'flagellate', meaning 'one who flagellates', so the noun's meaning follows directly from the verb.

Etymology

Flagellant comes from the Latin flagellum, which means 'whip'. So a flagellant is literally 'someone who whips or is whipped', and the word is used today for people who use whipping for sexual pleasure.