vermiculateadj.

Brit.

/vəːˈmɪkjᵿlət/,

/vəˈmɪkjᵿlət/, U.S.

/vərˈmɪkjələt/

Etymology: < Latin vermiculātus, past participle of vermiculārī : see vermiculate v.Several other senses given in various dictionaries are merely inferences from senses of the participial adjective.

a. Vermiculated; vermicular; sinuous. Chiefly figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with worms

wormy1600

vermiculate1605

vermicular1655

vermiculous?1691

vermiculose1727

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves

tortivous14..

anfractuous?a1425

tortuous1426

tortuea1500

snakish1532

winding1538

wormy1545

boughty1570

wriggled1572

sinuous1578

serpent-likea1586

crankled1594

serpent1597

snaky1600

flexuous1605

snaking1605

cringle-crangle1606

voluminous1611

serpenting?1614

serpentine1615

curvy1623

serpentizing1628

worming1631

lacinious1648

anguineous1656

anguine1657

anfractuose1680

twisting1683

vermicular1712

worm-like1721

flexuose1727

meandering1748

crinkum-crankum1766

serpentiform1777

serpentining1799

anguiform1800

ophite1828

tortuose1829

cranky1836

sinuose1836

serpentile1857

twisty1857

sinuated1859

vermiculatea1864

twinyc1868

tortive1880

crinkle-crankle1881

serpentinous1882

quirky1890

twistical1890

waggly1894

wriggly1901

squiggly1902

wiggly1903

contortionate1911

wig-waggy1914

curvaceous1965

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. E4^v It is the propertie of good and sound knowledge, to putrifie and dissolue into a number of subtile, idle, vnholesome, and (as I may tearme them) vermiculate questions.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Vermiculate, worm-eaten.

a1864 R. Choate in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1890) Vermiculate logic.

1872 G. MacDonald Wilfrid Cumbermede III. xvi. 214 My life seemed only a vermiculate one, a crawling about of half-thoughts-half-feelings through the corpse of a decaying existence.

1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Vermiculate color-markings.

b. spec. in Entomology. (See quot. 1826.)

ΚΠ

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 271 Vermiculate,..having tortuous excavations as if eaten by worms.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† vermiculatev.

Etymology: < Latin vermiculāt-, participial stem of vermiculārī (Pliny), < vermiculus, diminutive of vermis worm. Other senses which appear in various dictionaries are merely assumed from the participial adjective.

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To become worm-eaten. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > become worm-eaten

beworm1604

vermiculate1633

worm-eata1642

1633 H. Valentine Elegie upon Donne in J. Donne Poems 380 Speake, Doth his body there vermiculate, Crumble to dust, and feele the lawes of Fate?

2. To beat with peristaltic motion. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > pulsation > [verb (intransitive)] > types of pulsation

panta1500

leap1526

throb1542

vermiculate1706

flutter1714

wallop1766

thump1785

rise1819

race1853

1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 183 Her pulse indeed vermiculates, Her Breath is short & little.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	vermiculate
释义	vermiculateadj. Brit. /vəːˈmɪkjᵿlət/, /vəˈmɪkjᵿlət/, U.S. /vərˈmɪkjələt/ Etymology: < Latin vermiculātus, past participle of vermiculārī : see vermiculate v.Several other senses given in various dictionaries are merely inferences from senses of the participial adjective. a. Vermiculated; vermicular; sinuous. Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > infestation by noxious creatures > [adjective] > with worms wormy1600 vermiculate1605 vermicular1655 vermiculous?1691 vermiculose1727 the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves tortivous14.. anfractuous?a1425 tortuous1426 tortuea1500 snakish1532 winding1538 wormy1545 boughty1570 wriggled1572 sinuous1578 serpent-likea1586 crankled1594 serpent1597 snaky1600 flexuous1605 snaking1605 cringle-crangle1606 voluminous1611 serpenting?1614 serpentine1615 curvy1623 serpentizing1628 worming1631 lacinious1648 anguineous1656 anguine1657 anfractuose1680 twisting1683 vermicular1712 worm-like1721 flexuose1727 meandering1748 crinkum-crankum1766 serpentiform1777 serpentining1799 anguiform1800 ophite1828 tortuose1829 cranky1836 sinuose1836 serpentile1857 twisty1857 sinuated1859 vermiculatea1864 twinyc1868 tortive1880 crinkle-crankle1881 serpentinous1882 quirky1890 twistical1890 waggly1894 wriggly1901 squiggly1902 wiggly1903 contortionate1911 wig-waggy1914 curvaceous1965 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. E4^v It is the propertie of good and sound knowledge, to putrifie and dissolue into a number of subtile, idle, vnholesome, and (as I may tearme them) vermiculate questions. View more context for this quotation 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Vermiculate, worm-eaten. a1864 R. Choate in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1890) Vermiculate logic. 1872 G. MacDonald Wilfrid Cumbermede III. xvi. 214 My life seemed only a vermiculate one, a crawling about of half-thoughts-half-feelings through the corpse of a decaying existence. 1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Vermiculate color-markings. b. spec. in Entomology. (See quot. 1826.) ΚΠ 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 271 Vermiculate,..having tortuous excavations as if eaten by worms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † vermiculatev. Etymology: < Latin vermiculāt-, participial stem of vermiculārī (Pliny), < vermiculus, diminutive of vermis worm. Other senses which appear in various dictionaries are merely assumed from the participial adjective. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To become worm-eaten. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > deteriorate in condition [verb (intransitive)] > become worm-eaten beworm1604 vermiculate1633 worm-eata1642 1633 H. Valentine Elegie upon Donne in J. Donne Poems 380 Speake, Doth his body there vermiculate, Crumble to dust, and feele the lawes of Fate? 2. To beat with peristaltic motion. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > pulsation > [verb (intransitive)] > types of pulsation panta1500 leap1526 throb1542 vermiculate1706 flutter1714 wallop1766 thump1785 rise1819 race1853 1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 183 Her pulse indeed vermiculates, Her Breath is short & little. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1605v.1633
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