vermiculate
Americanverb (used with object)
adjective
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worm-eaten, or appearing as if worm-eaten.
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sinuous; tortuous; intricate.
vermiculate thought processes.
verb
adjective
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vermicular; sinuous
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worm-eaten or appearing as if worm-eaten
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(of thoughts, etc) insinuating; subtly tortuous
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of vermiculate
First recorded in 1595–1605, vermiculate is from the Latin word vermiculātus (past participle of vermiculārī to be worm-eaten). See vermicule, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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And to leave her would be to quarrel, and start a thousand vermiculate questions, as Lord Bacon calls them, for which life is too serious in my eyes.
From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George
My life seemed only a vermiculate one, a crawling about of half-thoughts-half-feelings through the corpse of a decaying existence.
From Wilfrid Cumbermede by MacDonald, George
Remarks.—Specimens from the southern edge of the Edwards Plateau and the eastern edge of the Stockton Plateau have larger flecks on the back that tend to form a vermiculate pattern like that of S. guttilatus.
From A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus Cope by Lynch, John D.
He regarded the thing as vermiculate, and ready to corrupt the obedience.
From The Elect Lady by MacDonald, George
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