urticant

[ ur-ti-kuhnt ]

adjective
  1. producing a stinging or itching sensation.

Origin of urticant

1
1865–70; <Medieval Latin urtīcant- (stem of urtīcāns), present participle of urtīcāre to sting. See urticate

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