pullulate
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin pullulātus, perfect passive participle of pullulō (“sprout forth”), from pullulus (“a young animal, a sprout”), diminutive of pullus.
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pullulate (third-person singular simple present pullulates, present participle pullulating, simple past and past participle pullulated)
- To multiply rapidly.
- To germinate.
- To teem; to be filled (with).
- 1945, Evelyn Waugh, chapter 1, in Brideshead Revisited […], 3rd edition, London: Chapman & Hall, →OCLC, book 1 (Et in Arcadia Ego), page 22:
- I must say the whole of Oxford has become most peculiar suddenly. Last night it was pullulating with women.
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to multiply rapidly
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to germinate
Italian edit
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pullulate
- inflection of pullulare:
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pullulate f pl
Latin edit
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pullulāte