rusticate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be suspended or expelled temporarily from the university, either compulsorily or voluntarily.
  2. To construct so as to produce jagged or heavily textured surfaces.
  3. To compel to live in or to send to the countryside; to cause to become rustic.
  4. To go to reside in the country.

Pronunciation

/ˈrʌstɪkeɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rusticate.wav

Word forms

rusticate rusticates rusticating rusticated

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rūsticātus, perfect active participle of rūsticor (“to live in the countryside”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), originally in the same sense. First attested in the mid-17th century. By surface analysis, rustic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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