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mastigophorous, a.|mæstɪˈgɒfərəs|
[f. Gr. µαστῑγοϕόρος scourge-bearing (f. µαστῑγ-, µάστιξ scourge + -ϕόρος bearing) + -ous.]
1. That carries a scourge, scourge-bearing. Only in humorously pedantic use.
1812Parr Let. to C. Burney 12 Dec., Wks. 1828 VII. 418 To meet all the mastigophorous subscribers would gladden my heart. 1826Syd. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 94/1 Not what this medium boy can do while his mastigophorous superior is frowning over him, but [etc.]. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. II. v. 149 The sharp discipline of a mastigophorous schoolmaster.
2. Zool. Provided with flagella; belonging to the Mastigophora, a class of Protozoa.
1890in Century Dict., and in later Dicts. |