Scytalism
Meanings
noun
- The clubbing of wealthy Argives in 370 BC.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin Scytalismus, from Ancient Greek σκυταλισμός (skutalismós, “clubbing”), from σκυτάλη (skutálē) or σκύταλον (skútalon, “club”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”). Equivalent to scytale + -ism.
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