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rustication

[ ruhs-ti-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. Also called rustic work. Architecture. any of various forms of ashlar so dressed and tooled that the visible faces are raised above or otherwise contrasted with the horizontal and usually the vertical joints.
  2. the act of a person or thing that rusticates.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rustication1

First recorded in 1615–25, rustication is from the Latin word °ùÅ«²õ³Ù¾±³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of °ùÅ«²õ³Ù¾±³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å ). See rusticate, -ion
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Example Sentences

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He’s expected — and expects himself — to use his rustication as a chance to recharge, and then to step right back onto the relentless escalator of his career.

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It is there as rustication and entablature — there, too, on one of the city’s main churches, Santo Domingo de Guzmán.

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They use a wonderful kind of Venetian rustication framing deeply carved details made with layers of colored cement called sgraffito.

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His neglect of prescribed studies, and disregard of college discipline, resulted in his rustication just before commencement in 1838.

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Change of scene is a good thing, but utter solitude, under the names of rustication and rest, is a penalty I never willingly undergo.

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