Vermiculate
/vəˈmɪk.jʊlˌeɪt/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To decorate with lines resembling the tracks of worms.
- 2 decorate with wavy or winding lines wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Like a worm; resembling a worm.
- 2 Vermiculated.
Adjective
- 1 decorated with wormlike tracery or markings wordnet
- 2 infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vermiculatus (“inlaid in wavy lines”), past participle of vermiculor (“to be full of worms or worm-eaten”), from vermiculus (“little worm”).