fustigate

English

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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.

Verb

fustigate (third-person singular simple present fustigates, present participle fustigating, simple past and past participle fustigated)

1. (transitive) To hit someone with a club.

   Synonyms: cudgel, thrash, birch

2. (figuratively) To harshly criticize someone.

   Synonyms: castigate, denounce, berate

Related terms

• fustigation
• fustigator

Translations

hit someone with a club

French: fustiger (fr), bastonner (fr) Italian: fustigare (it) Portuguese: fustigar (pt) Spanish: fustigar (es)

harshly criticize someone

French: fustiger (fr) Spanish: fustigar (es)

Further reading

• “fustigate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fustigate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “fustigate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

fustigate

1. inflection of fustigare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

fustigate f pl

1. feminine plural of fustigato

Latin

Verb

fūstīgāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fūstīgō

Spanish

Verb

fustigate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of fustigar combined with te