adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair.
2. 2
   sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation wordnet
3. 3
   whip with or as with nettles wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Marked by the presence of wheals. not-comparable

   "In certain cases of erythemata there was an urticate look."

Synonyms

All synonyms

nettlenettle

Example

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"In certain cases of erythemata there was an urticate look."

Etymology

From or formed like (post-Classical?) Latin urticatus, from Latin urtīca (“nettle”).

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