Masculine

suplicio

Meaning

  1. (masculine) anguish, suffering, torment, torture
  2. (masculine) punishment

Frequency

40k
Hyphenated as
su‧pli‧cio
Pronounced as (IPA)
/suˈpliθjo/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin supplicium (“a kneeling, humiliation, punishment”), from supplex (“kneeling, begging”).

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