rusticate

Definition

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

Etymology

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).

Example Sentences

• "The college rusticated him after he failed all his exams."
• "I was very unwell, so I had to rusticate for a year."
• "Pen looked at his early acquaintance,—who had been plucked, who had been rusticated, who had only, after repeated failures, learned to read and write correctly, and who, in spite of all these drawbacks, had attained the honour of a degree."

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