rusticating

[ruhs-ti-keyt]

rus·ti·cate

[ruhs-ti-keyt] verb, rus·ti·cat·ed, rus·ti·cat·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to go to the country.
2.
to stay or sojourn in the country.
verb (used with object)
3.
to send to or domicile in the country.
4.
to make rustic, as persons or manners.
5.
to finish (a wall surface) so as to produce or suggest rustication.
6.
British. to suspend (a student) from a university as punishment.

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Rusticating is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Origin:
1650–60; < Latin rūsticātus (past participle of rūsticārī to live in the country), equivalent to rūstic(us) rustic + -ātus -ate1

rus·ti·ca·tor, noun
un·rus·ti·cat·ed, adjective
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rusticating (ˈrʌstɪˌkeɪtɪŋ)
 
n
(in New Zealand) a wide type of weatherboarding used in older houses
 
'rusticated
 
adj

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