vermiculate

English edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Verb

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəˈmɪk.jʊlˌeɪt/, /vəˈmɪk.jəlˌeɪt/, /vɜː-/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /vɚˈmɪk.jəlˌeɪt/

Adjective

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəˈmɪk.jʊl.ət/, /vəˈmɪk.jəl.eɪt/, /vɜː-/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /vɚˈmɪk.jəlˌət/
Rhymes: -ɪkjʊleɪt, -ɪkjʊlɪt

Verb edit

vermiculate (third-person singular simple present vermiculates, present participle vermiculating, simple past and past participle vermiculated)

To decorate with lines resembling the tracks of worms.

Adjective edit

vermiculate (comparative more vermiculate, superlative most vermiculate)

Like a worm; resembling a worm.
Vermiculated.

Translations edit

Decorated with lines like worm tracks.

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

Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Adverb edit

vermiculātē (not comparable)

in a vermiculated manner

Related terms edit

References edit

“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.