infumate

English

Etymology

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

Verb

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

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.

Related terms

• infumation

 

Latin

Adjective

īnfūmāte

1. vocative masculine singular of īnfūmātus