different between fustigation vs fustigate

English

Noun

fustigation (countable and uncountable, plural fustigations)

1. a beating with a club
   • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History

     Slighter palm of martyrdom, however, shall not be denied: martyrdom not of massacre, yet of fustigation.

2. (by extension) a harsh verbal assault

Related terms

• fustigate

Anagrams

• fugitations

French

Noun

fustigation f (plural fustigations)

1. fustigation

English

Etymology

From Latin f?st?g?tus, past participle of f?st?g? (“I cudgel to death”), from f?stis (“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

Further reading

• fustigate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fustigate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• fustigate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Verb

fustigate

1. second-person plural present indicative of fustigare
2. second-person plural imperative of fustigare
3. feminine plural of fustigato

Latin

Verb

f?st?g?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of f?st?g?