ustulate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ustulatus, past participle of ustulare (“to scorch”), urere (“to burn”).

Adjective

ustulate (comparative more ustulate, superlative most ustulate)

1. Blackened as if burned.

Verb

ustulate (third-person singular simple present ustulates, present participle ustulating, simple past and past participle ustulated)

1. (transitive) To burn or roast (ores).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ustulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Verb

ustulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ustulō