Fustigate

verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To hit someone with a club. transitive
  2. 2
    strike with a cudgel wordnet
  3. 3
    To harshly criticize someone. figuratively

Synonyms

All synonyms
castigatecudgelcudgelflayassailattack

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.

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