transitive verb
-·gat·ed, -·gat·ing to beat with a stick; cudgel
Origin of fustigate
from Classical Latin fustigatus, past participle of fustigare from fustis, a stick + agere: see actfustigate
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fustigate
transitive verb
fus·ti·gat·ed, fus·ti·gat·ing, fus·ti·gates- To beat with a club; cudgel.
- To criticize harshly: “Joe McCarthy &ellipsis4; fustigated Robert La Follette Jr., the incumbent whom he whipped in the GOP primary, as an isolationist” ( Bill Kauffman )
Origin of fustigate
Late Latin fūstigāre fūstigāt-Latin fūstis club ; see fusty. Latin agere to do ; see ag- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- fus′ti·ga′tion
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present fustigates, present participle fustigating, simple past and past participle fustigated)
Origin
From Latin fustigatus, past participle of fustigo (“I cudgel to death”), from fustis (“a cudgel”) + ago (“I act”).
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