fustigate
pronunciation
How to pronounce fustigate in British English:
UK ['fʌstɪgeɪt]
How to pronounce fustigate in American English:
US ['fʌstəˌgeɪt]
Word Origin
- fustigate (v.)
- "to cudgel, to beat," 1650s, back-formation from Fustication (1560s) or from Latin fusticatus, past participle of fusticare "to cudgel" (to death), from fustis "cudgel, club, staff, stick of wood," of unknown origin. De Vaan writes that "The most obvious connection would be with Latin -futare" "to beat," but there are evolutionary difficulties.