vermiculate
English
Etymology
From Latin vermiculatus (“inlaid in wavy lines”), past participle of vermiculor (“to be full of worms or worm-eaten”), from vermiculus (“little worm”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vəɹˈmikjəleit/
Verb
vermiculate (third-person singular simple present vermiculates, present participle vermiculating, simple past and past participle vermiculated)
Adjective
vermiculate (comparative more vermiculate, superlative most vermiculate)
- Like a worm; resembling a worm.
- Vermiculated.
Latin
Etymology
From vermiculor (“I am full of worms, wormy”), from vermiculus (“little worm, grub”), from vermis (“worm”).
Related terms
- vermiculātiō
- vermiculātus
- vermiculor
- vermiculōsus
- vermifluus
- vermina
- verminātiō
References
- vermiculate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vermiculate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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