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▪ I. forficulate, a. Ent.|fɔːˈfɪkjʊlət|
[f. L. forficula, dim. of forfex + -ate2.]
Shaped like a pair of small scissors.
1889Cent. Dict. s.v., The forficulate palpi of certain scorpions.
▪ II. forficulate, v. nonce-wd.|fɔːˈfɪkəleɪt|
[f. mod.L. forficul-a (see prec.) + -ate3.]
intr. To have a ‘creeping’ sensation, as if a forficula or earwig were crawling over one's skin.
1849Lytton Caxtons vii. iii, There is not a part of me that has not..crept, crawled, and forficulated ever since. |