Vellicating
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 present participle and gerund of vellicate form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 Causing vellication; irritating or tickling.
"After having examined the ſymptoms, he declared that the patient had be poiſoned with arſenic, and preſcribed oily draughts and lubricating injections, to defend the coats of the ſtomach and inteſtines from the vellicating particles of that pernicious mineral; at the ſame time hinting, with a look of infinite ſagacity, that it was not difficult to divine the whole myſtery."
Example
More examples"After having examined the ſymptoms, he declared that the patient had be poiſoned with arſenic, and preſcribed oily draughts and lubricating injections, to defend the coats of the ſtomach and inteſtines from the vellicating particles of that pernicious mineral; at the ſame time hinting, with a look of infinite ſagacity, that it was not difficult to divine the whole myſtery."
More for "vellicating"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.