Link Centre Dictionary

rusticate

rus·ti·cate

UK/ˈrʌstɪkeɪt/ uncommon

verb

1.

live in the country and lead a rustic life

2.

send to the country

  • “He was rusticated for his bad bahavior”
3.
4.

as of stone, to give it a rustic look

5.

lend a rustic character to

  • “rusticate the house in the country”

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).

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.