单词 | fustigate |
释义 | fustigate —fustigation, n. —fustigator, n. —fustigatory /fus"ti geuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. /fus"ti gayt'/, v.t., fustigated, fustigating. 1. to cudgel; beat; punish severely. 2. to criticize harshly; castigate: a new satire that fustigates bureaucratic shilly-shallying. [1650-60; < LL fustigatus, ptp. of fustigare to cudgel, deriv. of L fustis cudgel; for formation, see FUMIGATE] |
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