verb
Meaning 1
To hit someone with a club.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cudgel, thrash, birch
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fustigate
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verb
Meaning 2
To harshly criticize someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: castigate, denounce, berate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
strike with a cudgel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cudgel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hit
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: fustiger — hit someone with a club
- French: bastonner — hit someone with a club
- Italian: fustigare — hit someone with a club
- Portuguese: fustigar — hit someone with a club
- Spanish: fustigar — hit someone with a club
- French: fustiger — harshly criticize someone
- Spanish: fustigar — harshly criticize someone