fustigate

English

Etymology

From Latin fūstīgātus, past participle of fūstīgō (“I cudgel to death”), from fūstis (“a cudgel”) + ago (“I act”).

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.
2. (figuratively) To harshly criticize someone.

Synonyms

• (hit someone with a club): flay, thrash, birch
• (harshly criticize someone): castigate, denounce, flay

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.
• “fustigate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →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