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Webster 1913 Edition


Fustigation

Fus′ti-ga′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
fustigation
.]
A punishment by beating with a stick or club; cudgeling.
This satire, composed of actual
fustigation
.
Motley.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fustigation

FUSTIGA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. fustigatio, from fustigo, to beat with a cudgel, from fustis, a stick or club.] Among the Ancient Romans, a punishment by beating with a stick or club, inflicted on freemen.

Definition 2024


fustigation

fustigation

English

Noun

fustigation (countable and uncountable, plural fustigations)

  1. a beating with a club
  2. (by extension) a harsh verbal assault

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