单词 | vellicate |
释义 | vellicate (once / 454589 pages) v WORD FAMILY vellicate: vellicated, vellicating, vellication USAGE EXAMPLESThus, if you vellicate the throat with a feather, nausea is produced; if you wound it with a penknife, pain is induced, but not sickness. Darwin, Erasmus, Zoonomia, Vol. I—Or, the Laws of Or...(2010) 1v touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements Syn|Hyper tickle, titillate itch have or perceive an itch 2v irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth Syn|Hyper pinch irritate excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus |
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