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Webster 1913 Edition
Vermiculate
Ver-mic′u-late
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Vermiculated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vermiculating
.] [L.
vermiculatus
inlaid so as to resemble the tracks of worms, p. p. of vermiculari
to be full of worms, vermiculus
a little worm. See Vermicular
.] To form or work, as by inlaying, with irregular lines or impressions resembling the tracks of worms, or appearing as if formed by the motion of worms.
Ver-mic′u-late
,Adj.
1.
Wormlike in shape; covered with wormlike elevations; marked with irregular fine lines of color, or with irregular wavy impressed lines like worm tracks;
as, a
. vermiculate
nut2.
Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical.
“Vermiculate questions.” Bacon.
“Vermiculate logic.” R. Choate.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vermiculate
VERMIC'ULATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
vermiculate
vermiculate
English
Verb
vermiculate (third-person singular simple present vermiculates, present participle vermiculating, simple past and past participle vermiculated)
Adjective
vermiculate (comparative more vermiculate, superlative most vermiculate)
- Like a worm; resembling a worm.
- Vermiculated.
Translations
Decorated with lines like worm tracks.
Latin
Etymology
From vermiculor (“I am full of worms, wormy”), from vermiculus (“little worm, grub”), from vermis (“worm”).
Adverb
vermiculātē (not comparable)
- in a vermiculated manner
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References
- vermiculate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vermiculate”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.