According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
FLAGELLATE
flagellate, flagellated, whiplike, lash-like
(adjective) having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)
flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore
(noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals
flagellate, scourge
(verb) whip; “The religious fanatics flagellated themselves”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
flagellate (third-person singular simple present flagellates, present participle flagellating, simple past and past participle flagellated)
(transitive) To whip or scourge.
Adjective
flagellate (comparative more flagellate, superlative most flagellate)
Resembling a whip.
(biology) Having flagella.
Noun
flagellate (plural flagellates)
(biology) Any organism that has flagella.
Source: Wiktionary
Flag"el*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flagellated; p. pr. & vb. n. Flagellating.] Etym: [L. flagellatus, p.p. of flagellare to scoure, fr. flagellum whip, dim. of flagrum whip, scoure; cf. fligere to strike. Cf. Flall.]
Definition: To whip; to scourge; to flog.
Fla*gel"late, a.
1. Flagelliform.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GRIEVOUS
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