castigant

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin castīgāns, present active participle of castīgō (“I castigate”). By surface analysis, castigate +‎ -ant.

Noun

castigant (plural castigants)

1. One who is castigated.
   • 1899, The Los Angeles Times 1899-11-01‎^[1]:

     He first took up the historical religious manifestations of mental disease, such as the performances of the castigants, who have their latter-day imitators in the penitentes of Arizona and New Mexico […]

Catalan

Verb

castigant

1. gerund of castigar

Latin

Verb

castīgant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of castīgō