baculine

English

Etymology

Latin baculum (“staff”).

Adjective

baculine (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to a rod or cane, or punishment with either of them.
baculine discipline

baculine blows

References

“baculine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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