castigatory

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instrument formerly used to punish and correct women whose behavior was considered unseemly; the ducking stool or trebucket. obsolete
    — For which offence she may be indicted; and , if convicted , shall be sentenced to be placed in a certain engine of correction called the trebucket , castigatory, or ducking stool
形容词 adj.
  1. Serving or tending to castigate.

词形变化

more castigatory comparative most castigatory superlative castigatories plural
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