ferula means A ferule. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
ferula is pronounced /ˈfɛɹ(j)ələ/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ferula (“giant fennel”), whose stalks were once used in punishing schoolboys. Doublet of ferule.
noun
- A ferule.“He humbles with a ferula the tall ones”
- A stroke from a cane.“And Old Barrett has a new way of twisting the note so that you can't open it and fold it again to see how many ferulæ you are to get.”
- The imperial sceptre in the Byzantine Empire.
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