urticate

English

Etymology

From or formed like (post-Classical?) Latin urticatus, from Latin urtīca (“nettle”).

Verb

urticate (third-person singular simple present urticates, present participle urticating, simple past and past participle urticated)

1. To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.

Adjective

urticate (not comparable)

1. Marked by the presence of wheals.
   • 1912, The British Journal of Dermatology, volume 24, page 278:

     In certain cases of erythemata there was an urticate look.