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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scourge/skɜːʤ/
▶noun
- 1 historical a whip used as an instrument of punishment.
- 2 a person or thing causing great trouble or suffering.
- 1 historical whip with a scourge.
- 2 cause great suffering to.
– derivatives
scourger noun (historical).
scourger noun (historical).
– origin ME: shortening of OFr. escorge (n.), escorgier (v.), from L. ex- ‘thoroughly’ + corrigia ‘thong, whip’.
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