marked or pitted with or as if with the scars of smallpox
Derived forms
variolation (ˌvarioˈlation) or variolization (ˌvarioliˈzation) or variolisation (ˌvarioliˈsation)
noun
Word origin
C18: from variola
variolate in American English
(ˈvɛəriəˌleit, -lɪt)
adjective
Pathology
resembling smallpox, as a lesion
Word origin
[1785–95; variol(a) + -ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1785–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crossover, depot, edit, guillotine, nitrogen-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate)