Vellicative
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Causing vellication; provoking irritation or twitching. not-comparable
"There is sometimes a peculiar sensibility in the teeth or their sheaths that induces a kind of vibratory pain, in which they colloquially said to be set on edge; and that in two ways, as follows: From jarring noises. From vellicative or acrid substances."
Example
More examples"There is sometimes a peculiar sensibility in the teeth or their sheaths that induces a kind of vibratory pain, in which they colloquially said to be set on edge; and that in two ways, as follows: From jarring noises. From vellicative or acrid substances."
Etymology
From vellicate + -ive.
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