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infumate

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin infumatus, past participle of infumare (to infumate), from in- (in) + fumare (to smoke), from fumus (smoke).

Verb

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infumate (third-person singular simple present infumates, present participle infumating, simple past and past participle infumated)

  1. (transitive) To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke.

Adjective

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infumate (comparative more infumate, superlative most infumate)

  1. Somewhat translucent with a mottled smokey appearance.
    • 1913, R.C.L. Perkins, “Neuroptera”, in David Sharp, editor, Fauna Hawaiiensis: Being the Land-fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, page 40:
      The posterior wings are transparent and iridescent, infumate at the extreme base along the dorsal margin, and their nervuration is to a large extent pale, becoming dark towards the apex.
    • 1915, Claude Morley, A Revision of the Ichneumonidae Based on the Collection in the British Museum, page 20:
      I am sure Frederick Smith has correctly named a pair in the British Museum, with the whole upper and to a less extend the lower basal cells infumate and the apical alar infumation approaching closely to the stigma; one probably came from Bates and the female, which lacks the single black marks on the second and third segments, was acquired about 1839 through Mr. Mornay from Brazil.
    • 2023, R. M. Bohart, A. S. Menke, Sphecid Wasps of the World: A Generic Revision:
      The legs, gaster, and pronotum are reddish, and the short wings are infumate except for a pale band across the middle.
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Latin

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Adjective

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īnfūmāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of īnfūmātus