English Explanatory Dictionary

fustigate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To hit someone with a club.
  2. To harshly criticize someone.

Word forms

fustigate fustigates fustigating fustigated

Etymology

First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin fūstīgātus, perfect passive participle of fūstīgō (“to cudgel to death”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fūstis (“a cudgel”) + -igō.

Synonyms

cudgel thrash birch castigate denounce berate

Related words

fustigation fustigator
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