verb · transitive · rare

rusticate

rusticate · rusticates · rusticated · rusticating

exmatrikulieren, zwangsexmatrikulieren, aufs Land ziehen

To be suspended or expelled temporarily from the university, either compulsorily or…To be suspended or expelled temporarily from the university, either compulsorily or voluntarily.

/ˈrʌstɪkeɪt/

Meaning

4 senses

(ambitransitive)To be suspended or expelled temporarily from the university, either compulsorily or voluntarily.
The college rusticated him after he failed all his exams.
I was very unwell, so I had to rusticate for a year.
exmatrikulieren, zwangsexmatrikulieren
suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
(transitive)To construct so as to produce jagged or heavily textured surfaces.
(transitive)To compel to live in or to send to the countryside; to cause to become rustic.
live in the country and lead a rustic life
(intransitive)To go to reside in the country.
aufs Land ziehen
send to the country

Translations

2 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 2

suspend or expel from a college or university:

to go to reside in the country:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin rūsticātus, perfect active participle of rūsticor (“to live in the cou

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).

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