formicateadj.
/ˈfɔːmɪkət/ rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Resembling an ant.
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1840 in B. H. Smart Walker's Crit. Pronouncing Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
formicatev.
/ˈfɔːmɪkeɪt/ intransitive. To crawl like ants; transferred to swarm with moving beings.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > make abundant [verb (transitive)] > abound in or with > swarm with > moving beings
formicate1854
1854 J. R. Lowell Jrnl. Italy in Wks. (1890) I. 165 An open space, which formicated with peasantry.
Derivatives
ˈformicating adj. = formicant adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered pulse or circulation > [adjective] > small or weak pulse
small1564
empty1654
formicating1684
weak1700
formicant1707
thready1753
weakish1809
formicative1822
thread-like1825
shabby1843
wiry1897
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 180 A languid, unequal, or formicating Pulse.
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