vermiculate

Borrowed from Latin vermiculatus (“inlaid in wavy lines”), past participle of vermiculor (“to be full of worms or worm-eaten”), from vermiculus (“little worm”).

Verb

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəˈmɪk.jʊlˌeɪt/, /vəˈmɪk.jəlˌeɪt/, /vɜː-/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɚˈmɪk.jəlˌeɪt/

Adjective

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəˈmɪk.jʊl.ət/, /vəˈmɪk.jəl.eɪt/, /vɜː-/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɚˈmɪk.jəlˌət/
• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊleɪt, -ɪkjʊlɪt

vermiculate (third-person singular simple present vermiculates, present participle vermiculating, simple past and past participle vermiculated)

1. To decorate with lines resembling the tracks of worms.

vermiculate (comparative more vermiculate, superlative most vermiculate)

1. Like a worm; resembling a worm.
2. Vermiculated.

From vermiculor (“I am full of worms, wormy”), from vermiculus (“little worm, grub”), from vermis (“worm”).

vermiculātē (not comparable)

1. in a vermiculated manner

• “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.