formicate

English

Etymology

From Latin formīca (“ant”) +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪkeɪt/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪkət/, /fɔː(ɹ)ˈmaɪkət/

Verb

formicate (third-person singular simple present formicates, present participle formicating, simple past and past participle formicated)

1. 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

2. To have a sensation like the movement of ants.

Adjective

formicate (comparative more formicate, superlative most formicate)

1. ant-like

Latin

Verb

formīcāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of formīcō