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fustigate, v. Now humorously pedantic.|ˈfʌstɪgeɪt|
[f. L. fūstīgāt- ppl. stem of fūstīgāre to cudgel to death, f. fūstis cudgel.]
trans. To cudgel, beat.
1656–81Blount Glossogr., Fustigate, to beat with a staff, to cudgel. a1661Fuller Worthies (1662) 136 Falling out with his Steward..and fustigating him for his faults. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. iii. viii. (1872) 131 These serpent⁓haired Extreme She Patriots do now..shamefully fustigate her. 1851R. F. Burton Goa 168 Our panting steeds, whom the Vetterino was fustigating. 1879Brit. Med. Jrnl. 31 May 813 She may now leave the business to the small patient himself, provided he be old and sensible enough to fustigate himself systematically.
fig. (absol.)1888Sat. Rev. 2 June 667 He brands, he bruises, he fustigates; he stamps his victims ridiculous.
Hence ˈfustigated ppl. a. Also ˈfustigator, one who fustigates or beats (another).
1727Bailey vol. II, Fustigated, beaten with a Cudgel. 1865Pall Mall G. 8 Nov. 9 We shall hear by an early mail of the magistrate himself having been assaulted..as soon as the gallant fustigator is liberated on bail. |