ferula
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
Definition of ferula
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(obsolete)A ferule.
“He humbles with a ferula the tall ones”
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noun
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(obsolete)A ferule.
“He humbles with a ferula the tall ones”
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(archaic)A stroke from a cane.
“And Old Barrett has a new way of twisting the note so that you can't open it and fold it again to see how many ferulæ you are to get.”
- (obsolete)The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ferula (“giant fennel”), whose stalks were once used in punishing schoolboys. Doublet of ferule.
Words you can make from ferula
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10 wordsHooks
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