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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : skurj
Phonetic Transcription : skɜrdʒ


Definition of scourge

Origin :
  • c.1200, "a whip, lash," from Anglo-French escorge, back-formation from Old French escorgier "to whip," from Vulgar Latin *excorrigiare, from Latin ex- "out, off" (see ex-) + corrigia "thong, shoelace," in this case "whip," probably from a Gaulish word related to Old Irish cuimrech "fetter," from PIE root *reig- "to bind" (see rig (v.)). Figurative use from late 14c. Scourge of God, title given by later generations to Attila the Hun (406-453 C.E.), is attested from late 14c., from Latin flagellum Dei.
  • noun plague, torment
  • verb beat, punish, often physically
Example sentences :
  • And there is much to be done and to be said, but take my word for it: This scourge will stop.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • A company came on board the Scourge, and they filled us chock-a-block.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The day after I reached the harbour, I was ordered on board the Scourge.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • I never saw a studding-sail in any of the schooners, the Scourge excepted.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The Scourge had gone down on the night of the 7th, or the morning of the 8th, I never knew which.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Israel relapsed into idolatry, and God punished them with the scourge of war.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • You ask Doc Peets; he'll tell you that this yere Monte with his snorin' is a scourge.'
  • Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • Outside, the rain, driven by gusts, smote the window as with a scourge.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The scourge had been conquered in its first and only stronghold.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
  • Scourge her soundly, man; scourge her till her blood runs down!
  • Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews

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