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rusticate

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈrʌstɪkeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aceirsttuStarts with REnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. lend a rustic character to

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin rūsticātus, perfect active participle of rūsticor (“to live in the countryside”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), originally in the same sense. First attested in the mid-17th century. By surface analysis, rustic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • The college rusticated him after he failed all his exams.
  • I was very unwell, so I had to rusticate for a year.
  • "You don't think he'll rusticate us, or any thing of that sort?" said Tom, who had felt horrible twinges at the captain's picture of the effects of rustication on ordinary mortals.

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