staffilare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to lash, to flog, to whip
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to castigate, to criticize harshly

Hyphenated as
staf‧fi‧là‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/staf.fiˈla.re/
Etymology

From staffile + -are.

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