Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To beat with a club; cudgel.
- transitive verb To criticize harshly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To beat with a cudgel; cane.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To cudgel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
hit someone with aclub . - verb figuratively To
harshly criticize someone.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb strike with a cudgel
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We do not trouble ourselves to conduct our affairs in a diplomatic, reasoned fashion, we bloviate, fustigate, and bomb whoever makes us feel more “American” at the moment.
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"This is all very fine: but the simple fact is, it is beginning to rain, and I think it advisable for us to beat, fustigate, (where _did_ you get that, Miranda?) or wallop, a retreat!"
The Merryweathers Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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For the Patriot women take their hazel wands, and fustigate, amid laughter of bystanders, with alacrity: broad bottom of
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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The Demoiselle, keeping her carriage, is for Liberty indeed, as she has full well shewn; but then for Liberty with Respectability: whereupon these serpent-haired Extreme She-Patriots now do fasten on her, tatter her, shamefully fustigate her, in their shameful way; almost fling her into the Garden-ponds, had not help intervened.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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Hai!” switching the camel, and fruitlessly endeavouring to fustigate Mas’ud’s nephew, who resolutely slept upon the water-bags.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
tbtabby commented on the word fustigate
One of the achievements in Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage is called "Fustigate Raoh."
July 26, 2012
qms commented on the word fustigate
Invasions of mice I must abate
When I open the house to rusticate.
If I determine
The presence of vermin
I get out my cudgel and fustigate.
January 22, 2016