vermiculate

Meaning

Verb

To decorate with lines resembling the tracks of worms.

Adj

1. Like a worm; resembling a worm.
2. Vermiculated.

Synonyms

vermicular

vermiculated

wormy

worm-eaten

tortuous

vary

vermiform

wiggly

wormlike

writhing

helminthoid

simuous

diversify

wary line

mottle

serpentine

slithering

Translations

vermiculé

σκωληκοειδής

ποικίλλω

σκουληκοφαγωμένος

véreux

vermiculer

vermiculée

picada de vermes

sem-fim-comido

wurmartig

vermiculado

wurmförmig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vəˈmɪk.jʊlˌeɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vermiculatus (“inlaid in wavy lines”), past participle of vermiculor (“to be full of worms or worm-eaten”), from vermiculus (“little worm”).