'Vermicular' definitions:
Definition of 'vermicular'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework" [syn: vermicular, vermiculate, vermiculated]
Definition of 'Vermicular'
From: GCIDE
- Vermicular \Ver*mic"u*lar\, a. [L. vermiculus a little worm, dim. of vermis a worm: cf. F. vermiculaire. See Vermicelli.] Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm; as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. See Peristaltic. "A twisted form vermicular." --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- Vermicular work. See under Vermiculated. [1913 Webster]