urticate

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

urticate (third-person singular simple present urticates, present participle urticating, simple past and past participle urticated)

  1. To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.

Adjective[edit]

urticate (not comparable)

  1. Marked by the presence of wheals.
    • 1912, The British Journal of Dermatology, volume 24, page 278:
      In certain cases of erythemata there was an urticate look.