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baculine

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[bak-yuh-lin, -lahyn] / ˈbæk jə lɪn, -ˌlaɪn /

adjective

  1. pertaining to the rod or its use in punishing.

    baculine discipline in the classroom.


Etymology

Origin of baculine

1700–10; < Latin bacul ( um ) walking stick, staff + -ine 1


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The baculine method was a quite common mode of argument in those days.

From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray

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