vermiculate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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.

Adjective

vermiculate (comparative more vermiculate, superlative most vermiculate)

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

Translations

Decorated with lines like worm tracks.

• French: vermiculé (fr) m, vermiculée (fr) f
• Spanish: vermiculado

Latin

Etymology

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

Adverb

vermiculātē (not comparable)

1. in a vermiculated manner

Related terms

• vermiculātiō
• vermiculātus
• vermiculor
• vermiculōsus
• vermifluus
• vermina
• verminātiō
• verminō
• verminōsus
• vermis

References

• “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.