insected

English

Etymology

From insect +‎ -ed.

Adjective

insected (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Resembling or relating to an insect.
   • 1655, James Howell, “To Dr. T. P.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:

     if a Bee wer as big as a Bull, it must have a ſting proportionable, and what miſchiefs do you think ſuch ſtings would do, when we can hardly endure the ſting of that ſmall inſected animal […] ?

References

“insected”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• incested