formicate
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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.
- 1853–1864, James Russell Lowell, “(please specify the page)”, in Fireside Travels, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1864, →OCLC:
- 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