fustigate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin fūstīgātus, past participle of fūstīgō (“I cudgel to death”), from fūstis (“a cudgel”) + ago (“I act”).
Verb
editfustigate (third-person singular simple present fustigates, present participle fustigating, simple past and past participle fustigated)
- (transitive) To hit someone with a club.
- (figuratively) To harshly criticize someone.
Synonyms
edit- (hit someone with a club): flay, thrash, birch
- (harshly criticize someone): castigate, denounce, flay
Related terms
editTranslations
edithit someone with a club
Further reading
edit- “fustigate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “fustigate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “fustigate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Italian
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editfustigate
- inflection of fustigare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editfustigate f pl
Latin
editVerb
editfūstīgāte
Spanish
editVerb
editfustigate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of fustigar combined with te