rustication

[ ruhs-ti-key-shuh n ]

/ ˌrʌs tɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

Also called rustic 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.

the act of a person or thing that rusticates.

Origin of rustication

First recorded in 1615–25, rustication is from the Latin word rūsticātiōn- (stem of rūsticātiō). See rusticate, -ion

Words nearby rustication

rustic, rustic joint, rusticana, rusticate, rusticating, rustication, rusticity, rustin, rustle, rustle up, rustler

Example sentences from the Web for rustication

The university, too, came to its senses and revoked the rustication of the students.

India Row Evokes Cricket’s Ultranationalist Tebbit Test |Tunku Varadarajan |March 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Rustication, the sending of an offender from the University for one term or more, thus hindering his qualifying for a degree.

The Slang Dictionary |John Camden Hotten
I dare say you heard from Henrietta how we enjoyed our rustication at Siena.

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) |Frederic G. Kenyon
Almost every one has heard of the bear which he kept at his rooms, of its misdemeanours, and its rustication.

Railway Adventures and Anecdotes |Various

The delay resulted from an occurrence which he never admitted deserved a year's rustication.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) |Various
Seven days' rustication had wrought a marked change in the town-bred girl.

Husks |Marion Harland

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rustication

noun

Origin of rustication

Words nearby rustication

Example sentences from the Web for rustication