l 1 u 1 s 1 t 1 r 1 a 1 t 1 e 1
8 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb purify by means of a ritual; also used in post-Communist countries to refer to the political cleansing of former officials
originFrom Latin lustrātus (“lustrated”), perfect passive participle of lustrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lustrum (“ritual purification”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), q.v. In reference to imparting luster, further via senses of Middle French lustre, from Old Italian lustro.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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