whip-arse

noun

noun

Etymology From whip + arse. Possibly a calque of French fouette-cul, from fouetter (“to whip”) + cul (“arse”).

Obsolete A schoolmaster.

Feſſe-cul. A Pedanticall whip-arſe.1611, Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, page FES-FES:

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