spiculated

English

Verb

spiculated

1. simple past and past participle of spiculate

Adjective

spiculated (comparative more spiculated, superlative most spiculated)

1. In the form of a spicula; long and pointed.
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     The physician […] declared, that the liquidum nervosum was intimately affected, and the saliva impregnated with the spiculated particles of the virus, however contracted.

2. Having spicules or small spikes.

Related terms

• spiculation

Anagrams

• disculpate, duplicates