formicate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin formīca (“ant”) + -ate.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
formicate (third-person singular simple present formicates, present participle formicating, simple past and past participle formicated)
- To move like ants.
- 1867, James Russell Lowell, Fireside Travels:
- an open space which formicated with peasantry
- To have a sensation like the movement of ants.
Adjective edit
formicate (comparative more formicate, superlative most formicate)
- ant-like
Latin edit
Verb edit
formīcāte