acupunctuatev.
/ˌakjᵿˈpʌŋ(k)tʃʊeɪt/, /ˌakjᵿˈpʌŋ(k)tjʊeɪt/, U.S. /ˌækjəˈpəŋ(k)(t)ʃəˌweɪt/, /ˌækjuˈpəŋ(k)(t)ʃəˌweɪt/ rare.
transitive. To prick with a needle or pin; to administer acupuncture to. Also figurative.
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1830 G. Tate Treat. Hysteria vii. 72 In the course of these months she was bled, leeched, acupunctuated.
1865 Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 251/1 That exquisite sweet malice wherewith French ladies so much delight to acu-punctuate their English sisters.
1975 Amer. Scholar 44 133/2 Who do you suppose get acupunctuated better, a Tibetan yak-herd or Chairman Mao? For the good of the state of course.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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