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urticant

[ ur-ti-kuhnt ]

adjective

  1. producing a stinging or itching sensation.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of urticant1

1865–70; < Medieval Latin urtīcant- (stem of urtīcāns ), present participle of urtīcāre to sting. See urticate

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