apricate

Meaning

1. To bask in the sun.
2. To disinfect and freshen by exposing to the sun; to sun.

Hyphenated as

apric‧ate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæpɹɪkeɪt/

Etymology

From Latin apricus (“sunny, having lots of sunshine; warmed by the sun”) + -ate. Apricus is derived from aperiō (“to open; to uncover”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epo (“off, from”) + *h₂wer- (“to cover, shut”)) + -cus (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns”). Not cognate with apricot, although the latter term was also influenced by apricus.