formicate

English

Etymology

From Latin formīca (“ant”) +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

(verb) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪkeɪt/
(adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪkət/, /fɔː(ɹ)ˈmaɪkət/

Verb

formicate (third-person singular simple present formicates, present participle formicating, simple past and past participle formicated)

To move like ants.
- 1867, James Russell Lowell, Fireside Travels:
  an open space which formicated with peasantry
To have a sensation like the movement of ants.

Adjective

formicate (comparative more formicate, superlative most formicate)

ant-like

Latin

Verb

formīcāte

second-person plural present active imperative of formīcō

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