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Vermiculate

Vermiculate Meaning & Definition
Vermiculate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Vermiculate?

[adj] decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework"
[adj] eaten (or as if eaten) by worms
[v] decorate with wavy or winding lines

Synonyms | Synonyms for Vermiculate: fancy | vermicular | vermiculated | worm-eaten | wormy | worn

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See Also | adorn | beautify | decorate | embellish | grace | ornament

Vermiculate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ver*mic"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vermiculated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vermiculating}.] [L. vermiculatus inlaid so as to resemble the tracks of worms, p. p. of vermiculari to be full of worms, vermiculus a little worm. See {Vermicular}.] To form or work, as by inlaying, with irregular lines or impressions resembling the tracks of worms, or appearing as if formed by the motion of worms.
\Ver*mic"u*late\, a. 1. Wormlike in shape; covered with wormlike elevations; marked with irregular fine lines of color, or with irregular wavy impressed lines like worm tracks; as, a vermiculate nut. 2. Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical. ``Vermiculate questions.'' --Bacon. ``Vermiculate logic.'' --R. Choate.

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