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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

/ ˈʌɪˌɡɪ /

verb

  1. archaic.
    tr to beat; cudgel
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڳܲپˌٴǰ, noun
  • ˌڳܲپˈپDz, noun
  • ˈڳܲپˌٴǰy, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ڳܲt·tDz noun
  • ڳܲt·tǰ noun
  • ڳܲ·پ··ٴ· [fuhs, -ti-g, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fustigate1

First recorded in 1650–60; from Late Latin ūīٳܲ, past participle of ūپ “to cudgel to death,” derivative of the noun ūپ “a stick, club, cudgel” + -, combining form of agere “to drive, do, act”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fustigate1

C17: from Late Latin ūī to cudgel to death, from Latin ūپ cudgel
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To fustigate is rather more widely known, even having featured in an episode of The Simpsons.

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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.

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

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