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vermiculate
[ verb ver-mik-yuh-leyt; adjective ver-mik-yuh-lit, -leyt ]
verb (used with object)
- 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
Other Words From
- ver·micu·lation noun
- unver·micu·lated adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of vermiculate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of vermiculate1
Example Sentences
With its feudal class system intact - if moth-eaten and vermiculated - British society exhibits small but crucial differences in its satiric temperament.
Bouie noted the speakers whose presence would raise doubts about any political body that invited them to appear — from the vermiculate gasbag Donald Trump to the hucksters Herman Cain and Sarah Palin.
He took the scientists to the kitchen and there in the cooking pot were the telltale head and feet of Scotopelia bouvieri, the little-known vermiculated fishing owl.
On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming.
The upper side of the tail is vermiculated with whitish and the underside of the tail is black.
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