— 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; fustigatus, ptp. of fustigare to cudgel, deriv. of L fustis cudgel; for formation, see FUMIGATE ]