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fustigate

[fuhs-ti-geyt]

verb (used with object)

fustigated, fustigating 
  1. to cudgel; beat; punish severely.

  2. to criticize harshly; castigate.

    a new satire that fustigates bureaucratic shilly-shallying.



fustigate

/ ˈfʌstɪˌɡeɪt /

verb

  1. archaic,  (tr) to beat; cudgel

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Other Word Forms

  • fustigation noun
  • fustigator noun
  • fustigatory adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fustigate1

First recorded in 1650–60; from Late Latin fūstīgātus, past participle of fūstigāre “to cudgel to death,” derivative of the noun fūstis “a stick, club, cudgel” + -igāre, combining form of agere “to drive, do, act”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fustigate1

C17: from Late Latin fūstīgāre to cudgel to death, from Latin fūstis cudgel
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Example Sentences

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To fustigate is rather more widely known, even having featured in an episode of The Simpsons.

From BBC

Flagellation was of two species, the upper and the lower; the upper inflicted upon the shoulders, the lower chiefly resorted to when females were to be fustigated.

His heart’s in the right place, but they’re going to fustigate the poor guy.

From Time

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