vermiculate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vermiculatus (“inlaid in wavy lines”), past participle of vermiculor (“to be full of worms or worm-eaten”), from vermiculus (“little worm”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəɹˈmikjəleit/

Verb

1. To decorate with lines resembling the tracks of worms.

Adjective

vermiculate (comparative more vermiculate, superlative most vermiculate)

1. Like a worm; resembling a worm.
2. Vermiculated.

Translations

Decorated with lines like worm tracks.

• French: vermiculé (fr) m, vermiculée (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: vermiculado

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Latin

Etymology

From vermiculor (“I am full of worms, wormy”), from vermiculus (“little worm, grub”), from vermis (“worm”).

Adverb

vermiculātē (not comparable)

1. in a vermiculated manner

Related terms

• vermiculātiō
• vermiculātus
• vermiculor
• vermiculōsus

• vermifluus
• vermina
• verminātiō

• verminō
• verminōsus
• vermis

References

• “vermiculate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vermiculate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.