vermiculate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin vermiculatus (“inlaid in wavy lines”), past participle of vermiculor (“to be full of worms or worm-eaten”), from vermiculus (“little worm”). === Pronunciation === Verb (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəˈmɪk.jʊlˌeɪt/, /vəˈmɪk.jəlˌeɪt/, /vɜː-/ (General American) IPA(key): /vɚˈmɪk.jəlˌeɪt/ Adjective (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəˈmɪk.jʊl.ət/, /vəˈmɪk.jəl.eɪt/, /vɜː-/ (General American) IPA(key): /vɚˈmɪk.jəlˌət/ Rhymes: -ɪkjʊleɪt, -ɪkjʊlɪt === Verb === vermiculate (third-person singular simple present vermiculates, present participle vermiculating, simple past and past participle vermiculated) To decorate with lines resembling the tracks of worms. === Adjective === vermiculate (comparative more vermiculate, superlative most vermiculate) Like a worm; resembling a worm. Vermiculated. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From vermiculor (“to be full of worms, wormy”), from vermiculus (“little worm, grub”), from vermis (“worm”). === Adverb === vermiculātē (not comparable) in a vermiculated manner ==== Related terms ==== === 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.