sulcate

English

Etymology

From Latin sulcātus, perfect passive participle of sulcō (“I plough, furrow”).

Adjective

sulcate (comparative more sulcate, superlative most sulcate)

1. Having deep, narrow sulci, grooves or furrows.
   • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 14:

     The infant's ossature, the thin and brindled bones along whose sulcate facets clove old shreds of flesh and cerements of tattered swaddle.

Derived terms

• bisulcate
• monosulcate
• multisulcate
• polysulcate
• quadrisulcate
• subsulcate
• trisulcate
• unisulcate

 

Related terms

• sulcation
• sulculate

Anagrams

• cautels

Latin

Verb

sulcāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sulcō

Spanish

Verb

sulcate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of sulcar combined with te