formicate
English
Etymology 1
From Latin formīca (“ant”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (verb) /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪkeɪt/
Verb
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. The template Template:rfex does not use the parameter(s):
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Etymology 2
From Latin formīca (“ant”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪkət/, /fɔː(ɹ)ˈmaɪkət/
Adjective
formicate (comparative more formicate, superlative most formicate)
- ant-like (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Latin
Verb
formīcāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of formīcō