What does fustigation mean?
Fustigation means A beating with a club, rod, stick, etc.; a cudgeling..
Fustigation
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
A beating with a club, rod, stick, etc.; a cudgeling..
Definitions by Sense
- A beating with a club, rod, stick, etc.; a cudgeling.
- Any kind of beating or flagellation.
- (by extension) a harsh verbal assault
Example Sentences
Slighter palm of martyrdom, however, shall not be denied: martyrdom not of massacre, yet of fustigation.
Frenzied scenes of fustigations appear in his Historie de Juliette, published in six volumes in 1797.
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Word Forms
- fustigations
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Slighter palm of martyrdom, however, shall not be denied: martyrdom not of massacre, yet of fustigation.
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