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)
- To move like ants.
- 1867, James Russell Lowell, Fireside Travels
- an open space which formicated with peasantry
- 1867, James Russell Lowell, Fireside Travels
- To have a sensation like the movement of ants.
Adjective
formicate (comparative more formicate, superlative most formicate)
- ant-like
Latin
Verb
formīcāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of formīcō