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vermiculate
[ verb ver-mik-yuh-leyt; adjective ver-mik-yuh-lit, -leyt ]
verb (used with object)
, ver·mic·u·lat·ed, ver·mic·u·lat·ing.
- to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
adjective
- worm-eaten, or appearing as if worm-eaten.
- sinuous; tortuous; intricate:
vermiculate thought processes.
vermiculate
verb
- tr to decorate with wavy or wormlike tracery or markings
adjective
- vermicular; sinuous
- worm-eaten or appearing as if worm-eaten
- (of thoughts, etc) insinuating; subtly tortuous
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Other Words From
- ver·micu·lation noun
- unver·micu·lated adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vermiculate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vermiculate1
C17: from Latin vermiculātus in the form of worms, from vermis worm
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Example Sentences
Some that I caught and examined closely had, as Scott says, "vermiculate marks on the back very plain and distinct."
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What a breeding nest of vermiculate cares and pains was this human heart of ours!
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My life seemed only a vermiculate one, a crawling about of half-thoughts-half-feelings through the corpse of a decaying existence.
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Religion itself in the hearts of the unreal, is a dead thing; what seems life in it, is the vermiculate life of a corpse.
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Vermiculate: worm-like in form: a marking with wormlike tracings.
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