rusticate

[ ruhs-ti-keyt ]

verb (used without object)

, rus·ti·cat·ed, rus·ti·cat·ing.

1. to go to the country.
2. to stay or sojourn in the country.

verb (used with object)

, rus·ti·cat·ed, rus·ti·cat·ing.

1. to send to or domicile in the country.
2. to make rustic, as persons or manners.
3. to finish (a wall surface) so as to produce or suggest rustication.
4. British. to suspend (a student) from a university as punishment.

rusticate

/ ˈrʌstɪˌkeɪt /

verb

1. to banish or retire to the country
2. to make or become rustic in style, behaviour, etc
3. tr architect to finish (an exterior wall) with large blocks of masonry that are separated by deep joints and decorated with a bold, usually textured, design
4. tr to send down from university for a specified time as a punishment

Derived Forms

• ˌrustiˈcation, noun
• ˈrustiˌcator, noun

Other Words From

• rusti·cator noun
• un·rusti·cated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rusticate¹

1650–60; < Latin rūsticātus (past participle of rūsticārī to live in the country), equivalent to rūstic ( us ) rustic + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of rusticate¹

C17: from Latin rūsticārī , from rūs the country

Example Sentences

To him the Toba valley served well enough as a place to rusticate.

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For four months the most energetic man in the Army was able to rusticate.

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"I wonder what possessed the governor to rusticate," thought Dacres as he turned away.

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He told me that he was on the look-out for a quiet, unfrequented place on the sea-shore, where he might rusticate and sketch.

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No one else taking up the cudgels for poor Charles, the Master said he was afraid he must rusticate him.

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Related Words

• dismiss
• dispel
• drive away
• eject
• eliminate
• eradicate
• evict
• exclude
• exile
• get rid of
• isolate
• ostracize
• oust
• outlaw
• relegate
• remove